Elmer Van Veenendaal's chess openings
🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 200258 games
Elmer Van Veenendaal, from Netherlands, has 58 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Elmer Van Veenendaal most often opens with 1.d4 (29% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White31 games · +11 =3 −17 · 40%
As Black27 games · +9 =6 −12 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening29%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1.c4 English Opening19%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 e6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack16%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense25%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense25%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense17%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense30%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense20%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d620%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
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