Francois Van Niekerk's chess openings
🇿🇦 South Africa7 games
Francois Van Niekerk, from South Africa, has 7 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Francois Van Niekerk most often opens with 1.c4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense.
As White4 games · +2 =1 −1 · 63%
As Black3 games · +0 =2 −1 · 33%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening75%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
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