Loek Van Wely's chess openings
GM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 26273,775 games
Loek Van Wely, Grandmaster from Netherlands, has 3,775 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Loek Van Wely most often opens with 1.d4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,862 games · +830 =678 −354 · 63%
As Black1,913 games · +685 =693 −535 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening76%1,406 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%245 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening11%196 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense90%871 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense6%59 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...e6 French Defense2%20 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense77%479 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%125 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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