Van 't Kruijs Opening

Opening name: Van 't Kruijs Opening
Opening line: 1. e3
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Winning percentages

White: 251 (32.22%)
Black: 299 (38.38%)
Draws: 229 (29.4%)

1. e3 - Van 't Kruijs Opening

An irregular opening, considered somewhat passive. Play may transpose to lines of the English Opening (c2c4), Queen's Pawn Game (d2d4), or reversed French Defence (delayed d2d4), reversed Dutch Defence (f2f4) positions or the modern variation of Larsen's Opening (b2b3).

Most popular responses

1...d5 (Van 't Kruijs Opening) Lichess Analysis - Wikibooks (25096699 games)

Engine Evaluation

Depth: 50
Score: +0.03
Best Move: Nf6
PV Line: 1. e3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. b3

Historical games for Van 't Kruijs Opening

Game	Result	Year
Carlsen, M. (2864) vs Ding Liren (2799)	1/2-1/2	2022
Carlsen, M.. (2862) vs Giri, A.. (2764)	1/2-1/2	2021
Carlsen, M. (2843) vs Karjakin, Sergey (2782)	1/2-1/2	2018
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2778) vs Caruana, Fabiano (2835)	1-0	2020
Mamedyarov, S. (2801) vs Giri, A. (2782)	1/2-1/2	2018
Carlsen, M. (2840) vs Ganguly, S. (2668)	1/2-1/2	2016
Vachier Lagrave, M. (2763) vs Nakamura, Hi (2736)	1/2-1/2	2021
Nakamura, Hi (2745) vs Duda, J. (2730)	0-1	2019
Matlakov, M. (2699) vs Nepomniachtchi, I. (2767)	0-1	2019
Jobava, Baadur (2711) vs Giri, Anish (2720)	0-1	2012