David Van Kerkhof's chess openings
FM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 2335180 games
David Van Kerkhof, FIDE Master from Netherlands, has 180 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David Van Kerkhof most often opens with 1.e4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White95 games · +36 =20 −39 · 48%
As Black85 games · +33 =22 −30 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening87%83 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening8%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.g3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dxc4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game51%22 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%17 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense9%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%27 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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