Van Zijderveld's chess openings
🇿🇦 South Africa6 games
Van Zijderveld, from South Africa, has 6 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Van Zijderveld most often opens with 1.d4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White3 games · +2 =0 −1 · 67%
As Black3 games · +0 =1 −2 · 17%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening67%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense100%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6
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