IM Geert Van der Stricht Full name Geert Van der Stricht Born 1972 (age 54) Place of birth Federation Belgium Profiles #2131 World Ranking 2273 Classical 2290 Rapid Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Slav Defense (17 games) King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Glek Defense (17 games) Benko Gambit Fully-Accepted: Fianchetto, Fianchetto Attack (16 games) King's Indian Defense: Bayonet Attack (13 games) Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg, Fischer Variation (13 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (33 games) English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (28 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (19 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (14 games) King's Indian Attack (13 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Geert Van der Stricht (2284) Tim Grutter (2393) ½-½ 34 2026 Geert Van der Stricht (2307) Egon Janeczek (1770) 0-1 24 2025 Geert Van der Stricht (2307) Soren Bech Hansen (2309) 0-1 38 2025 Geert Van der Stricht (2307) Gerlef Meins (2369) 0-1 54 2025 Geert Van der Stricht (2307) Abdessadek Maalla (2065) ½-½ 54 2025 Geert Van der Stricht (2307) Xander Wemmers (2334) ½-½ 47 2025 Gaudissart, Nicolas (1580) Geert Van der Stricht (2307) 0-1 23 2025 Philipp Scholz (1962) Geert Van der Stricht (2307) 0-1 70 2025 Ilia Tsvetkov (2373) Geert Van der Stricht (2307) 0-1 75 2025 Jochen Rudolph (1812) Geert Van der Stricht (2307) 0-1 33 2025 Show All Games