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GM John T H van der Wiel

Full name

John T.H. Van der Wiel

Born

1/1/1959 (age 65)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Netherlands

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (52 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (50 games)

Scotch Game: Schmidt, Mieses Variation (34 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (32 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Classical Variation (29 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (49 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Löwenthal, Kalashnikov Variation (22 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (22 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Wade Defense (21 games)

Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Nimzowitsch Variation, Quiet, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line (21 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
John T H van der Wiel (2394) Jasel Lopez (2388)	1-0	42	2019
John T H van der Wiel (2394) Rick Lahaye (2411)	1-0	39	2019
John T H van der Wiel (2394) Felix Meissner (2378)	1-0	27	2019
John T H van der Wiel (2380) Jaap Vogel (2111)	1-0	59	2019
John T H van der Wiel (2394) Simon K Williams (2471)	0-1	32	2019
John T H van der Wiel (2394) Simon K Williams (2471)	0-1	25	2019
John T H van der Wiel (2394) Stefan Kuipers (2455)	0-1	42	2019
John T H van der Wiel (2394) David Arutinian (2552)	0-1	37	2019
John T H van der Wiel (2394) Max Warmerdam (2450)	0-1	15	2019
John T H van der Wiel (2394) Felix Meissner (2378)	0-1	36	2019

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