Van Essen, Mark
CM
NetherlandsNED
ID: 1012819
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Mark Van Essen

FIDE ratings

2,176Classical

Performance

50 games
20% Win
66% Draw
14% Loss

Mark Van Essen's playing style

Overall score:53%10W 33D 7L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:39%in 18 games
Out of form:45%2W 14D 4L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:66%of games are draws

Openings as White

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

Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Modern Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Fort Knox Variation
100%
2g
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense has the largest Black sample, with 3 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense
100%
3g
Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Yates Defense
100%
2g
Scotch Game: Classical Variation, Intermezzo Variation
100%
1g
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation
100%
1g

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 Essen, Mark as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
12%
72%
16%
Move
18 · 72%
78%
22%
7 · 28%
43%
57%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Aug 23, 2004
OTB - Codekiddy
IMWall, Gavin(2405)
D—
Aug 23, 2004
OTB - Codekiddy
IMWall, Gavin(2405)
D—
Aug 22, 2004
OTB - Codekiddy
GMTratar, Marko(2449)
D—
Aug 22, 2004
OTB - Codekiddy
GMTratar, Marko(2464)
D—
Jul 31, 2003
OTB - Codekiddy
FMVan Ruitenburg, Joost(2196)
D—
Jul 30, 2003
OTB - Codekiddy
IMBrokken, Dennis(2187)
D—
Jul 29, 2003
OTB - Codekiddy
FMVan Leent, Dimitri(2208)
D—
Jul 28, 2003
OTB - Codekiddy
Boel, Marcel(2192)
W—
Jul 26, 2003
OTB - Codekiddy
Greard, Veronique(2127)
D—
Jul 25, 2003
OTB - Codekiddy
Van der Veen, Jan(2159)
D—

Research Mark Van Essen’s games and opening repertoire

CM Mark Van Essen is rated 2176 in standard by FIDE. Mark Van Essen plays for Netherlands.

Mark Van Essen has FIDE ID 1012819.

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