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ID: 14321084

Donald Van der Westhuizen

FIDE ratings

1,760Classical
1,731Blitz

Performance

24 games
17% Win
17% Draw
66% Loss

Donald Van der Westhuizen's playing style

Overall score:25%4W 4D 16L over 24 games
Steady recent form:30%4W 4D 12L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Slav Defense has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Slav Defense
100%
2g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation
100%
2g
Benko Gambit Declined: Main Line
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Benoni Defense: Modern Variation has the largest Black sample, with 6 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Benoni Defense: Modern Variation
67%
33%
6g
Benoni Defense
100%
2g
French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, Albin-Chatard Gambit
100%
2g

Repertoire

12 games as white in scope
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Starting position

12 games in this line · White to move

Results for Van der Westhuizen, Donald as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
17%
83%
Move
10 · 83%
100%
2 · 17%
100%

Game History

(24 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Dec 18, 2017
OTB - Caissabase
Njoroge, Billy Timothy
W—
Dec 18, 2017
OTB - Caissabase
Njoroge, Billy Timothy(1368)
W—
Dec 16, 2017
OTB - PGN-Mentor
FMRabeea, Sabah Nori(2039)
L—
Dec 16, 2017
OTB - TWIC
FMEssa, Naseem Ahmed(1864)
L—
Dec 16, 2017
OTB - PGNMentor
FMRabeea, Sabah Nori(2039)
L—
Dec 16, 2017
OTB - TWIC
FMEssa, Naseem Ahmed(1864)
L—
Dec 14, 2017
OTB - Caissabase
Hedrice Mario Sande(1629)
D—
Dec 14, 2017
OTB - Caissabase
Hedrice Mario Sande
D—
Dec 12, 2017
OTB - PGN-Mentor
IMThilakarathne, G M H(2158)
L—
Dec 12, 2017
OTB - PGNMentor
IMThilakarathne, G M H(2158)
L—

Research Donald Van der Westhuizen’s games and opening repertoire

Donald Van der Westhuizen is rated 1760 in standard, 1731 in blitz by FIDE. Donald Van der Westhuizen plays for South Africa.

Donald Van der Westhuizen has FIDE ID 14321084.

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