Raymond Van Melsen's chess openings
Peak rating 18798 games
Raymond Van Melsen has 8 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Raymond Van Melsen most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White4 games · +1 =0 −3 · 25%
As Black4 games · +0 =1 −3 · 13%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.f4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game67%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 Be7
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