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ID: 200344

Marcel Van Herck

FIDE ratings

2,003Classical
1,980Rapid
1,938Blitz

Performance

50 games
42% Win
36% Draw
22% Loss

Marcel Van Herck's playing style

Strong overall score:60%21W 18D 11L over 50 games
Dominates 1.e4 as White:72%in 18 games
Out of form:45%6W 6D 8L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:36%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation has the largest White sample, with 3 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation
67%
33%
3g
Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Normal
100%
2g
Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Open
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Open
100%
2g
French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

28 games in this line · White to move

Results for Van Herck, Marcel as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
64%
14%
21%
Move
18 · 64%
67%
11%
22%
8 · 29%
75%
25%
2 · 7%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Aug 20, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Wambecq, Ward(2104)
L—
Aug 19, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Beukema, Constantijn(2036)
D—
Aug 17, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
FMSadkowski, Daniel(2176)
D—
Jul 20, 2026
OTB
CMDavoust, Nicolas(2200)
L—
Aug 24, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Weiler, Marc(1988)
D—
Aug 24, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Weiler, Marc(1988)
D—
Aug 23, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Kantekin, Baha(1827)
W—
Aug 23, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Kantekin, Baha(1828)
W—
Aug 21, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Verlinden, Alexander(1854)
D—
Aug 21, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Verlinden, Alexander(1854)
D—

Research Marcel Van Herck’s games and opening repertoire

Marcel Van Herck is rated 2003 in standard, 1980 in rapid, 1938 in blitz by FIDE. Marcel Van Herck plays for Belgium.

Marcel Van Herck has FIDE ID 200344.

Check the official FIDE record for ratings and identity. It is not a complete archive of game moves.

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