FM Henk Van der Poel Full name Henk Van der Poel Born 1958 (age 68) Place of birth Federation Netherlands Profiles #4932 World Ranking 2142 Classical Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Scotch Game: Schmidt, Mieses Variation (7 games) French Defense: Main Line, Steinitz Variation (6 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (5 games) Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (5 games) French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Bogoljubov Variation (4 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (14 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (4 games) English Opening: King's English Variation (4 games) Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov, English Attack (3 games) Catalan Opening (3 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Emil Frederick Schuricht (2307) Henk Van der Poel (2194) 1-0 26 2025 Manuel Bosboom (2374) Henk Van der Poel (2180) ½-½ 37 2024 Barry Brink (2371) Henk Van der Poel (2180) 0-1 44 2024 Henk Van der Poel (2211) Robin Butzen (2035) ½-½ 64 2023 Henk Van der Poel (2211) Pieter Hopman (2323) 0-1 52 2023 Henk Van der Poel (2211) Yu A Hu (2056) 0-1 39 2023 Arno Van der Lubben (1904) Henk Van der Poel (2211) 0-1 37 2023 Enrico Vroombout (2117) Henk Van der Poel (2211) 1-0 27 2023 Henk Van der Poel (2241) Jan H Timman (2549) ½-½ 37 2019 Henk Van der Poel (2241) TM 68040 MEPHISTO 0-1 61 2019 Show All Games