South AfricaRSA
ID: 14303426

Francois Van Niekerk

FIDE ratings

No FIDE ratings available.

Performance

16 games
25% Win
38% Draw
37% Loss

Francois Van Niekerk's playing style

Overall score:44%4W 6D 6L over 16 games
Steady recent form:44%4W 6D 6L in last 16 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:38%of games are draws

Openings as White

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

Sicilian Defense: Closed
100%
2g
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System
100%
2g
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Réti Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Closed
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

8 games in this line · White to move

Results for Van Niekerk, Francois as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
50%
25%
25%
Move
6 · 75%
33%
33%
33%
2 · 25%
100%

Game History

(16 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Aug 24, 2008
OTB - BenBase
Tekeli, Taylan Can(1829)
L—
Aug 24, 2008
OTB - BenBase
Tekeli, Taylan Can(1829)
L—
Aug 23, 2008
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Karanlik, Bedia(1613)
W—
Aug 23, 2008
OTB - PGNMentor
Karanlik, Bedia(1600)
W—
Aug 22, 2008
OTB - PGNMentor
Nagda, Ankush(1719)
D—
Aug 22, 2008
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Nagda, Ankush(1719)
D—
Aug 20, 2008
OTB - PGNMentor
Altrbosh, Hosam
L—
Aug 20, 2008
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Hendriksz, Gabriel
D—
Aug 20, 2008
OTB - PGNMentor
Hendriksz, Gabriel(1783)
D—
Aug 20, 2008
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Altrbosh, Hosam
L—

Research Francois Van Niekerk’s games and opening repertoire

Francois Van Niekerk plays for South Africa.

Francois Van Niekerk has FIDE ID 14303426.

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