Verstraeten, R's chess openings
IM🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 2337277 games
Verstraeten, R, International Master from Belgium, has 277 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Verstraeten, R most often opens with 1.d4 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White136 games · +47 =50 −39 · 53%
As Black141 games · +37 =42 −62 · 41%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening65%89 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening20%27 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%18 games · scores 56% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense94%64 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%45 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c4 d6
- 1...d64%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
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