Marcel Van Herck's chess openings
🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 2003382 games
Marcel Van Herck, from Belgium, has 382 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marcel Van Herck most often opens with 1.e4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White200 games · +72 =80 −48 · 56%
As Black182 games · +34 =82 −66 · 41%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening69%138 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening28%55 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening2%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense59%55 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense19%18 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense16%15 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%43 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5
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