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ID: 14357020

Adriaan VAN NIEKERK

FIDE ratings

1,703Classical

Performance

41 games
44% Win
0% Draw
56% Loss

Adriaan VAN NIEKERK's playing style

Overall score:44%18W 0D 23L over 41 games
Best with e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:44%in 18 games
Steady recent form:50%10W 0D 10L in last 20 games

Openings as White

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

French Defense: Marshall Gambit
100%
2g
Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense
100%
2g
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Janowski Defense
100%
2g
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, London Defense
100%
2g
Petrov's Defense
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Belezky Line
100%
2g
French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit
100%
2g
King's Gambit
100%
2g
French Defense: Exchange Variation, Monte Carlo Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

19 games in this line · White to move

Results for VAN NIEKERK, Adriaan as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
53%
47%
Move
13 · 68%
46%
54%
6 · 32%
67%
33%

Game History

(41 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Dec 15, 2002
OTB - Codekiddy
Veldman, Jan(1884)
W—
Dec 15, 2002
OTB - Codekiddy
Veldman, Jan(1884)
W—
Dec 14, 2002
OTB - Codekiddy
Calderon, Juan David(1432)
L—
Dec 14, 2002
OTB - Codekiddy
Colchero Paetz, Jaime
L—
Dec 14, 2002
OTB - Codekiddy
Kruger, Eitel(1784)
L—
Dec 14, 2002
OTB - Codekiddy
Kruger, Eitel(1784)
L—
Dec 12, 2002
OTB - Codekiddy
Prinsloo, Reinhardt
W—
Dec 12, 2002
OTB - Codekiddy
Prinsloo, Reinhardt
W—
Dec 12, 2002
OTB - Codekiddy
Malan, Chris
W—
Dec 12, 2002
OTB - Codekiddy
Malan, Chris
W—

Research Adriaan VAN NIEKERK’s games and opening repertoire

Adriaan VAN NIEKERK is rated 1703 in standard by FIDE. Adriaan VAN NIEKERK plays for South Africa.

Adriaan VAN NIEKERK has FIDE ID 14357020.

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