Jan Van Mechelen's chess openings
FM🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 2100323 games
Jan Van Mechelen, FIDE Master from Belgium, has 323 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jan Van Mechelen most often opens with 1.e4 (38% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White144 games · +58 =49 −37 · 57%
As Black179 games · +56 =70 −53 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening38%54 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening31%44 games · scores 61% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening24%35 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense55%55 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense37%37 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game2%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense95%39 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
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