Peter van Leyen's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 178642 games
Peter van Leyen, from Germany, has 42 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Peter van Leyen most often opens with 1.d4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White21 games · +9 =3 −9 · 50%
As Black21 games · +4 =2 −15 · 24%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening57%12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Bg4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening33%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening10%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense38%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense31%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense31%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense100%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4
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