Lester Van Meter's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 1883174 games
Lester Van Meter, FIDE Master from United States, has 174 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lester Van Meter most often opens with 1.d4 (46% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...c5.
As White74 games · +16 =27 −31 · 40%
As Black100 games · +19 =31 −50 · 35%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening46%34 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1.c4 English Opening43%32 games · scores 45% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening7%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.Nc3 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense86%36 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense7%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense56%22 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%13 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense10%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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