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Erik Van Den Doel
Number of games in database: 270
Years covered: 1993 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2568
Highest rating achieved in database: 2609
Overall record: +102 -70 =90 (56.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      8 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (67)      B90 B32 B47 B63 B28  Ruy Lopez (22)      C78 C67 C80 C95 C60  French Defense (20)      C11 C18 C17 C12 C16  Sicilian Najdorf (16)      B90  French (10)      C11 C12 C10  Sicilian Taimanov (8)      B47 B46	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (26)      C67 C84 C88 C91 C77  Queen's Gambit Accepted (21)      D27 D20 D21 D26 D29  Sicilian (14)      B22 B31 B44 B32 B96  English, 1 c4 e5 (10)      A20 A28 A22 A29 A21  Queen's Indian (9)      E15 E12  Scotch Game (8)      C45

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page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 270  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Van Den Doel vs V Malakhov   0-1 59 1993 Wch U14 B27 Sicilian 2. H P Garcia vs Van Den Doel   ½-½ 21 1993 Haarlem AKN B25 Sicilian, Closed 3. Van Den Doel vs Sadvakasov   1-0 45 1993 Wch U14 C02 French, Advance 4. Wojtkiewicz vs Van Den Doel   1-0 32 1994 open E08 Catalan, Closed 5. Kotronias vs Van Den Doel   1-0 26 1995 It (a) B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 6. Van Den Doel vs J Brenninkmeijer   0-1 75 1995 Sonnevanck-A A06 Reti Opening 7. Van Den Doel vs Glek   ½-½ 42 1995 Wijk Sonnevanck C11 French 8. I Rogers vs Van Den Doel 1-0 25 1995 It a B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 9. Ftacnik vs Van Den Doel   1-0 41 1995 Wijk Sonnevanck E15 Queen's Indian 10. Van Den Doel vs J Stocek   1-0 61 1995 EU-ch U18 B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 11. Van Den Doel vs I Rausis   0-1 36 1996 AKN C45 Scotch Game 12. Van Den Doel vs Jiangchuan   ½-½ 33 1996 Groningen Koop Tjuchem op B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 13. I Farago vs Van Den Doel   ½-½ 65 1996 AKN E12 Queen's Indian 14. Van Den Doel vs M Abeln   1-0 30 1996 AKN B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 15. Van Den Doel vs Sosonko   0-1 30 1997 NLD-ch A08 King's Indian Attack 16. Van Den Doel vs P Nikolic   0-1 85 1997 NLD-ch C88 Ruy Lopez 17. Van Den Doel vs A Stefanova   1-0 68 1997 Lost Boys Open, Antwerp BEL B01 Scandinavian 18. Van der Sterren vs Van Den Doel   ½-½ 68 1997 NLD-ch E97 King's Indian 19. Ponomariov vs Van Den Doel 1-0 55 1997 Wch Jr Zagan (2) B22 Sicilian, Alapin 20. I Sokolov vs Van Den Doel   1-0 51 1997 NLD-ch E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 21. G Timoshenko vs Van Den Doel   ½-½ 15 1997 Graz op E60 King's Indian Defense 22. Van Den Doel vs Van der Wiel   0-1 33 1997 NLD-ch B32 Sicilian 23. Van Den Doel vs Piket   1-0 40 1997 NLD-ch C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 24. Van Den Doel vs Movsesian   0-1 54 1997 Wch U20 B42 Sicilian, Kan 25. Van Den Doel vs Nijboer   0-1 34 1997 NLD-ch B06 Robatsch  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 270    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Van Den Doel wins | Van Den Doel loses

Nov-22-05    Waffles: First kib. Nov-22-05    WannaBe: Photo caption: "I think I am going to throw up." Nov-22-05    dakgootje: Maybe he just has insomnia...;-) Nov-22-05    lostemperor: I just saw him yesterday where he won the local weekendtournament. He's ok now;) Nov-22-05    WTHarvey: Here's some of his quick wins: http://www.wtharvey.com/vddl.html Mar-16-06    EmperorAtahualpa: He won this year's Noteboom-tournament, which is a tournament held in my home-town Leiden. See here: http://lsg-leiden.nl/noteboom/2006/... (page in Dutch) Jun-15-06    BIDMONFA: Erik Van Den Doel VAN DEN DOEL, Erik http://www.bidmonfa.com/van_den_doe... _ Jun-15-06    DeepBlade: <<WannaBe>"I think I am going to throw up."> I had another observation. Did you know its legal to smoke cannabis in The Netherlands? Jun-18-06    DeepBlade: <WTHarvey> Please check the first position, after Bxe6 if Kxe6 Qd5+ you give checkmate, but Black can survive it with Kd7 Jul-14-06    WTHarvey: <DeepBlade> No, Qf5 is mate. :-)

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