Merlijn Van Volsem's chess openings
FM🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 231481 games
Merlijn Van Volsem, FIDE Master from Belgium, has 81 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Merlijn Van Volsem most often opens with 1.e4 (32% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White38 games · +18 =10 −10 · 61%
As Black43 games · +15 =7 −21 · 43%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening32%12 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening29%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening21%8 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense95%19 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense54%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game23%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense23%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c5
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