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Niklas van der Valk

Niklas van der Valk
Full name
Niklas van der Valk
Born
1992 (age 34)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Germany
Profiles
#8030
World Ranking
2064
Classical
2184
Rapid
2142
Blitz

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Most Played Openings

White Pieces
English Opening: Neo-Catalan Defense Accepted (1 games)
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Kazakh Variation (1 games)
English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (1 games)
English Opening (1 games)
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense (1 games)
Black Pieces
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Capablanca Variation (1 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Classical Variation (1 games)
Modern Defense with 1.e4 (1 games)
Indian Game: Knights Variation (1 games)
Catalan Opening (1 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Niklas van der Valk (2121)
Carlo Pauly (2278)
0-1 36 2025
Niklas van der Valk (2114)
Arno Zude (2332)
0-1 42 2024
Jonas Wyss (2293)
Niklas van der Valk (2093)
½-½ 57 2024
Niklas van der Valk (2085)
Sidhant Mohapatra (2408)
0-1 37 2023
Audi Ameya (2391)
Niklas van der Valk (2112)
1-0 38 2023
Fernando Peralta (2581)
Niklas van der Valk (2085)
1-0 23 2023
Niklas van der Valk (2149)
Jonas Hacker (2375)
0-1 58 2020
Niklas van der Valk (2139)
Jaroslaw Krassowizkij (2474)
0-1 44 2019
Niklas van der Valk (2126)
Pier Luigi Basso (2516)
0-1 42 2019
Niklas van der Valk (2133)
Enis Zuferi (2290)
½-½ 21 2019
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