Carel Benjamin Van den Berg
Number of games in database: 248
Years covered: 1941 to 1971
Highest rating achieved in database: 2450
Overall record: +52 -100 =96 (40.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (28)      B80 B43 B27 B96 B97  Ruy Lopez (20)      C89 C96 C75 C93 C94  Nimzo Indian (13)      E55 E41 E47 E52 E39  Ruy Lopez, Closed (13)      C89 C96 C93 C94 C88  King's Indian (9)      E97 E67 E68 E93 E62  Sicilian Najdorf (9)      B96 B97 B90 B92 B98	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (27)      B84 B82 B22 B52 B40  Nimzo Indian (15)      E33 E26 E48 E22 E52  King's Indian (12)      E63 E67 E91 E62 E87  Ruy Lopez (9)      C63 C81 C93 C85 C96  English, 1 c4 e5 (8)      A22 A29 A26 A20 A28  Sicilian Scheveningen (7)      B84 B82 B81

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   C B Van den Berg vs H Kramer, 1950 1-0
   C B Van den Berg vs F Gaarenstroom, 1943 1-0
   C B Van den Berg vs Euwe, 1950 1/2-1/2

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CAREL BENJAMIN VAN DEN BERG (born Feb-12-1924, died Jun-30-1971) Netherlands [what is this?] Carel Benjamin Van den Berg born 1924 was awarded the IM title in 1963. By profession he was a lawyer and author but he was also an eminent chess theorist and edited "Losbladige Schaakberichten". He collaborated with Max Euwe on the "Theorie der Schaakopeningen" series and was a member of the Netherlands Olympiad team in 1958.

page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 248  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. C B Van den Berg vs Euwe   0-1 20 1941 Amsterdam C50 Giuoco Piano 2. C B Van den Berg vs F Gaarenstroom 1-0 10 1943 Holland C78 Ruy Lopez 3. Euwe vs C B Van den Berg   ½-½ 39 1946 NED-ch prelim I B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 4. H Van Steenis vs C B Van den Berg   1-0 47 1946 NED-ch prelim I B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 5. C B Van den Berg vs G Fontein   ½-½ 47 1946 NED-ch prelim I A53 Old Indian 6. C B Van den Berg vs Wim Wolthuis   1-0 31 1946 NED-ch prelim I D49 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 7. J H Marwitz vs C B Van den Berg   ½-½ 41 1946 NED-ch prelim I E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 8. Cortlever vs C B Van den Berg   1-0 44 1946 NED-ch prelim I C27 Vienna Game 9. C B Van den Berg vs L Stumpers   1-0 58 1946 NED-ch prelim I D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 10. P H Pruyt vs C B Van den Berg   0-1 40 1947 NED-ch sf E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 11. Cortlever vs C B Van den Berg   ½-½ 51 1947 NED-ch sf C48 Four Knights 12. C B Van den Berg vs B H Wood   1-0 31 1947 Team match NED-ENG D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 13. H Kramer vs C B Van den Berg   1-0 40 1947 NED-ch sf E91 King's Indian 14. L J Tummers vs C B Van den Berg   0-1 37 1947 NED-ch sf E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 15. C B Van den Berg vs R H Newman   1-0 36 1948 ENG-NED E72 King's Indian 16. R H Newman vs C B Van den Berg   1-0 35 1948 ENG-NED D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. Ujtelky vs C B Van den Berg   ½-½ 54 1949 CSR-NED D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 18. C B Van den Berg vs Ujtelky   ½-½ 41 1949 CSR-NED D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 19. C B Van den Berg vs A Bozic   ½-½ 56 1949 YUG-NED D99 Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov 20. A Bozic vs C B Van den Berg   0-1 45 1949 YUG-NED E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 21. Reshevsky vs C B Van den Berg 1-0 28 1950 Amsterdam E46 Nimzo-Indian 22. C B Van den Berg vs W J Muhring   ½-½ 28 1950 NED-ch D54 Queen's Gambit Declined, Anti-Neo-Orthodox Variation 23. L Stumpers vs C B Van den Berg   0-1 39 1950 NED-ch A95 Dutch, Stonewall 24. C B Van den Berg vs Najdorf   0-1 56 1950 Amsterdam D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 25. C B Van den Berg vs H Kramer 1-0 53 1950 Amsterdam D53 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 248    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Van den Berg wins | Van den Berg loses

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