South AfricaRSA
ID: 14305011

Megan Van Niekerk

FIDE ratings

1,791Classical
1,763Rapid
1,763Blitz

Performance

26 games
23% Win
38% Draw
39% Loss

Megan Van Niekerk's playing style

Overall score:42%6W 10D 10L over 26 games
Steady recent form:45%4W 10D 6L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:38%of games are draws

Openings as White

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

Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense
100%
2g
Pseudo Queen's Indian Defense
100%
2g
Yusupov-Rubinstein System
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation 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: Taimanov Variation
50%
50%
4g
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation
100%
2g
King's Indian Attack
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: French Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

10 games in this line · White to move

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

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

Game History

(26 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jul 21, 2016
OTB - ChessOK
WGMMezioud, Amina(2073)
D—
Jul 21, 2016
OTB - ChessOK
WGMMezioud, Amina(2073)
D—
Jul 19, 2016
OTB - ChessOK
WFMMwango , Lorita(1938)
D—
Jul 19, 2016
OTB - ChessOK
WFMMwango , Lorita(1938)
D—
Jul 19, 2016
OTB - ChessOK
WIMBouah, Denise(1905)
W—
Jul 19, 2016
OTB - ChessOK
WIMBouah, Denise(1905)
W—
Jul 17, 2016
OTB - ChessOK
WIMHamza, Amira(1933)
L—
Jul 17, 2016
OTB - ChessOK
WIMHamza, Amira(1933)
L—
Sep 28, 2014
OTB - Federscacchi
Colantuono, Virginia(1982)
L—
Sep 28, 2014
OTB - Federscacchi
Colantuono, Virginia(1982)
L—

Research Megan Van Niekerk’s games and opening repertoire

Megan Van Niekerk is rated 1791 in standard, 1763 in rapid, 1763 in blitz by FIDE. Megan Van Niekerk plays for South Africa.

Megan Van Niekerk has FIDE ID 14305011.

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