Randy Van Houtte's chess openings
🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 211459 games
Randy Van Houtte, from Belgium, has 59 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Randy Van Houtte most often opens with 1.c4 (45% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White29 games · +10 =6 −13 · 45%
As Black30 games · +8 =6 −16 · 37%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening45%13 games · scores 42% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.e4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening34%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening14%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense71%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense18%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense12%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game22%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense11%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Nd2 d5
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