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IM Lars Ootes

Full name

Lars Ootes

Born

1/1/1991 (age 33)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Netherlands

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (15 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (9 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Yates, Bogoljubov Variation (8 games)

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (8 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Löwenthal, Kalashnikov Variation (5 games)

Black Pieces

Pirc Defense: Main Line (17 games)

Pirc Defense: Main Line, Byrne Variation (15 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Rossolimo Variation (9 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (7 games)

King's Indian Defense: Bayonet Attack (5 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Lars Ootes (2383) Tom Van t Hoff (1976)	1-0	35	2024
Lars Ootes (2383) Yuri Gassner (1993)	1-0	26	2024
Lars Ootes (2383) Rafael Goudriaan (1925)	1-0	26	2024
Lars Ootes (2383) Bob Beeke (2210)	1-0	33	2024
Lars Ootes (2383) Arthur De Winter (2407)	0-1	45	2024
Lars Ootes (2383) Luuk Baselmans (2382)	0-1	31	2024
Lars Ootes (2383) Paulius Pultinevicius (2596)	0-1	55	2024
Lars Ootes (2383) Daniel Pinto (2250)	0-1	43	2024
Lars Ootes (2383) Sydney Panjer (2157)	½-½	83	2024
Lars Ootes (2373) Matthieu Cornette (2558)	0-1	47	2020

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