Van Rensburg, R's chess openings
IM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 2228119 games
Van Rensburg, R, International Master from South Africa, has 119 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Van Rensburg, R most often opens with 1.d4 (81% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White63 games · +28 =25 −10 · 64%
As Black56 games · +16 =17 −23 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening81%51 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%9 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening5%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Qb3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense92%23 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e5 Open Game4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense68%13 games · scores 23% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game16%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense11%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6
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