Rik Van Rootselaar's chess openings
🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 224090 games
Rik Van Rootselaar, from Netherlands, has 90 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rik Van Rootselaar most often opens with 1.d4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White48 games · +19 =14 −15 · 54%
As Black42 games · +12 =8 −22 · 38%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening58%28 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening21%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening21%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense90%26 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense10%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense29%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
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