NetherlandsNED
ID: 1009370

Ben Van Geffen

FIDE ratings

1,990Classical

Performance

50 games
32% Win
56% Draw
12% Loss

Ben Van Geffen's playing style

Strong overall score:60%16W 28D 6L over 50 games
Dominates d4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:69%in 16 games
Out of form:50%4W 12D 4L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:56%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Pirc Defense has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Pirc Defense
50%
50%
4g
Caro-Kann Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Kalashnikov Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Westerinen Attack
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Open
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Indian Defense: Spielmann-Indian
67%
33%
6g
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
50%
50%
4g
Vienna Game: Max Lange Defense
100%
2g
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Bishop Check Line
100%
2g
Pseudo Queen's Indian Defense
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

20 games in this line · White to move

Results for Van Geffen, Ben as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
40%
50%
10%
Move
20 · 100%
40%
50%
10%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jul 4, 2016
OTB - BenBase
Wurmb, Peter(1993)
W—
Jul 4, 2016
OTB - BenBase
Wurmb, Peter(1993)
W—
Jul 3, 2016
OTB - BenBase
Jeske, Eckhard(2171)
D—
Jul 3, 2016
OTB - BenBase
Jeske, Eckhard(2171)
D—
Jul 2, 2016
OTB - BenBase
Huelsmann, Josef(2211)
D—
Jul 2, 2016
OTB - BenBase
Huelsmann, Josef(2211)
D—
Jul 1, 2016
OTB - PGNMentor
Becker, Norbert(2092)
D—
Jul 1, 2016
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Becker, Norbert(2092)
D—
Jun 29, 2016
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Rust-Lux, Klaus(2074)
D—
Jun 29, 2016
OTB - PGNMentor
Rust-Lux, Klaus(2074)
D—

Research Ben Van Geffen’s games and opening repertoire

Ben Van Geffen is rated 1990 in standard by FIDE. Ben Van Geffen plays for Netherlands.

Ben Van Geffen has FIDE ID 1009370.

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