Robyn Julian Van Niekerk's chess openings
🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 183735 games
Robyn Julian Van Niekerk, from South Africa, has 35 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Robyn Julian 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 White18 games · +6 =4 −8 · 44%
As Black17 games · +8 =0 −9 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%17 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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