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Chiel Van Oosterom's chess openings

IM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 2403315 games

Chiel Van Oosterom, International Master from Netherlands, has 315 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Chiel Van Oosterom most often opens with 1.e4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.

As White176 games · +77 =55 −44 · 59%
As Black139 games · +51 =36 −52 · 50%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%
    130 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1.c4 English Opening17%
    30 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
  3. 1.g3 Hungarian Opening3%
    6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.g3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense96%
    78 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense1%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...f5 Dutch Defense57%
    24 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense29%
    12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game10%
    4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6

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