South AfricaRSA
ID: 14303434

Charles Van Der Westhuizen

FIDE ratings

1,921Classical

Performance

50 games
32% Win
38% Draw
30% Loss

Charles Van Der Westhuizen's playing style

Overall score:51%16W 19D 15L over 50 games
Dominates 1.d4 as White:61%in 19 games
Strongest in classical:52%in 49 games
Steady recent form:55%6W 10D 4L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:38%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian
50%
50%
4g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense
50%
50%
4g
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation
50%
50%
4g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation
100%
2g
Benoni Defense
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Tartakower Variation has the largest Black sample, with 9 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Tartakower Variation
44%
22%
33%
9g
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Staunton Line
100%
2g
Four Knights Game: Italian Variation
100%
2g
Slav Defense
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense
100%
2g

Repertoire

25 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

25 games in this line · White to move

Results for Van Der Westhuizen, Charles as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
24%
52%
24%
Move
19 · 76%
32%
58%
11%
6 · 24%
33%
67%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Aug 26, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Probert, Malcolm(1660)
W—
Aug 26, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Sandercock, E Barry(1738)
D—
Aug 26, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Probert, Malcolm(1660)
W—
Aug 26, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Sandercock, E Barry(1738)
D—
Aug 25, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Pink, Joshua(1759)
L—
Aug 25, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Lewis, Christopher D(1715)
L—
Aug 25, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Pink, Joshua(1759)
L—
Aug 25, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Lewis, Christopher D(1768)
L—
Aug 24, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Whale, Michael(1745)
D—
Aug 24, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Potter, Karl H(1915)
D—

Research Charles Van Der Westhuizen’s games and opening repertoire

Charles Van Der Westhuizen is rated 1921 in standard by FIDE. Charles Van Der Westhuizen plays for South Africa.

Charles Van Der Westhuizen has FIDE ID 14303434.

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