Wessel Van Kessel's chess openings
🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 211258 games
Wessel Van Kessel, from Belgium, has 58 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Wessel Van Kessel most often opens with 1.e4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White31 games · +8 =8 −15 · 39%
As Black27 games · +7 =6 −14 · 37%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening57%17 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4
- 1.c4 English Opening27%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 Bg4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense20%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense20%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...d610%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.c4 Bg7
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