Gerard Welling's chess openings
IM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 2240721 games
Gerard Welling, International Master from Netherlands, has 721 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gerard Welling most often opens with 1.d4 (39% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White350 games · +139 =123 −88 · 57%
As Black371 games · +112 =130 −129 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening39%135 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening35%121 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack9%32 games · scores 41% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game22%41 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense19%36 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense13%24 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game31%39 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense26%32 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense18%22 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
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