William Van Rensselaer's chess openings
FM🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin IslandsFIDE 194242 games
William Van Rensselaer, FIDE Master from U.S. Virgin Islands, has 42 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William Van Rensselaer most often opens with 1.d4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White20 games · +6 =5 −9 · 43%
As Black22 games · +14 =2 −6 · 68%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%18 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening10%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense67%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense33%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c610%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 e6
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