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Tom Bottema

Tom Bottema
Full name
Tom Bottema
Born
1967 (age 59)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Netherlands
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2176
Classical

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Most Played Openings

White Pieces
King's Fianchetto Opening (1 games)
Modern Defense: Standard Line (1 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Sozin, Flank Variation (1 games)
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (1 games)
Sicilian Defense: Kan, Modern Variation (1 games)
Black Pieces
Modern Defense: Averbakh Variation (4 games)
Modern Defense with 1.e4 (2 games)
Old Benoni Defense: Semi-Benoni Variation, Blockade Variation (2 games)
French Defense: King's Indian Attack (1 games)
King's Indian Defense: Neo-Classical Line (1 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Tom Bottema (2221)
Tjark Vos (2223)
1-0 26 2019
Tom Bottema (2221)
Khoi Pham (2116)
1-0 22 2019
Tom Bottema (2221)
Albert Blees (2342)
0-1 50 2019
Tom Bottema (2221)
Barry Brink (2394)
0-1 20 2019
Tom Bottema (2221)
Hing Ting Lai (2463)
0-1 22 2019
Francisco Hernandez Iglesias (2092)
Tom Bottema (2221)
1-0 28 2019
Jasel Lopez (2390)
Tom Bottema (2221)
½-½ 47 2019
Demre Kerigan (2378)
Tom Bottema (2221)
1-0 58 2019
Tobias Kabos (2301)
Tom Bottema (2221)
1-0 42 2019
Tom Bottema (2198)
Alexandre Dgebuadze (2488)
0-1 34 2014
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