Megan Van Niekerk's chess openings
🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 17918 games
Megan Van Niekerk, from South Africa, has 8 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Megan Van Niekerk most often opens with 1.d4 (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 =1 −2 · 38%
As Black4 games · +1 =2 −1 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6
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