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Marcel Van Herck

Marcel Van Herck
Full name
Marcel Van Herck
Born
1948 (age 78)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Belgium
Profiles
#12605
World Ranking
1987
Classical
1993
Rapid
1909
Blitz

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (6 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (5 games)
French Defense: Winawer, Alekhine-Maróczy Accepted, Kan Variation (5 games)
French Defense: Winawer, Alekhine-Maróczy Gambit (3 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind Formation (2 games)
Black Pieces
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Botvinnik-Carls Defense (4 games)
Caro-Kann Defense: Modern Variation (3 games)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Taimanov Variation (3 games)
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (3 games)
King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (3 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Alois Lanc (2259)
Marcel Van Herck (1942)
½-½ 36 2024
Elias Ruzhansky (2211)
Marcel Van Herck (1980)
1-0 68 2024
Marcel Van Herck (2001)
Nigel E Povah (2229)
0-1 48 2023
Nodar Lortkipanidze (2392)
Marcel Van Herck (1988)
1-0 31 2023
Marcel Van Herck
Adriaan Dreelinck
0-1 29 2022
Marcel Van Herck
Joris Verhelst
1-0 24 2022
Jacob Dreelinck
Marcel Van Herck
0-1 5 2022
Aditya Varun Gampa (2249)
Marcel Van Herck (2008)
1-0 17 2022
Manuel Bosboom
Marcel Van Herck
1-0 41 2022
Josef Jurek (2288)
Marcel Van Herck (2149)
½-½ 52 2020
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