Dries Van Malder's chess openings
🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 220570 games
Dries Van Malder, from Belgium, has 70 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Dries Van Malder most often opens with 1.d4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White35 games · +10 =15 −10 · 50%
As Black35 games · +12 =12 −11 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening44%15 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening29%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening26%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense93%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense14%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
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