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ID: 14308878

Marius J Van Zyl

FIDE ratings

1,869Classical

Performance

50 games
18% Win
54% Draw
28% Loss

Marius J Van Zyl's playing style

Overall score:45%9W 27D 14L over 50 games
Best with 1.c4 as White:50%in 16 games
Steady recent form:45%3W 12D 5L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:54%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
50%
50%
4g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Smyslov System
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Pin Defense
33%
67%
3g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto 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: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation
25%
75%
4g
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation
33%
67%
3g
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Main Line
100%
2g
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

24 games in this line · White to move

Results for Van Zyl, Marius J as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
33%
50%
17%
Move
16 · 67%
25%
50%
25%
8 · 33%
50%
50%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Mar 31, 2022
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Yeung, Chun Keung(1827)
D—
Mar 31, 2022
OTB - AjedrezCorr
A Q M Salahuddin, Khan
W—
Mar 31, 2022
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Nurzaman, Indra
D—
Mar 31, 2022
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Nurzaman, Indra
D—
Mar 31, 2022
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Aarushi Das(2178)
W—
Mar 31, 2022
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Yeung, Chun Keung(1827)
D—
Mar 31, 2021
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Andreas, Gleb(2139)
W—
Mar 31, 2021
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Simplina, Pancho Amor(2182)
L—
Mar 31, 2021
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Hryniw, Michael(2146)
L—
Mar 31, 2021
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Fernández Ballón, Armel(2133)
D—

Research Marius J Van Zyl’s games and opening repertoire

Marius J Van Zyl is rated 1869 in standard by FIDE. Marius J Van Zyl plays for South Africa.

Marius J Van Zyl has FIDE ID 14308878.

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