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IM Lucien van Beek

Lucien van Beek
Full name
Lucien Van Beek
Born
1979 (age 47)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Netherlands
Profiles
#1360
World Ranking
2334
Classical

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Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (11 games)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Hübner, Rubinstein Variation (8 games)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation (8 games)
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh, Modern Defense (6 games)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line (5 games)
Black Pieces
Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (10 games)
Benoni Defense: Modern, Classical, New York Variation (6 games)
Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz, Fianchetto Variation (6 games)
Alapin Sicilian Defense (5 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (5 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Lucien van Beek (2334)
Glen De Schampheleire (2367)
1-0 31 2025
Bertalan Bokorovics (2230)
Lucien van Beek (2340)
1-0 32 2025
Lucien van Beek (2347)
Joris Kokje (2275)
0-1 45 2024
Lucien van Beek (2341)
Jan Willem de Jong (2413)
½-½ 43 2024
Lucien van Beek (2333)
Paul-Peter Theulings (2061)
½-½ 62 2024
Lucien van Beek (2333)
Alexander Suvorov (2355)
½-½ 27 2024
Erik-Jan Hummel (2244)
Lucien van Beek (2342)
1-0 77 2024
Steven Geirnaert (2401)
Lucien van Beek (2333)
½-½ 61 2024
Lucien van Beek (2336)
Danny De Ruiter (2280)
1-0 27 2023
Lucien van Beek (2333)
Wim Van der Wijk (2148)
1-0 33 2011
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