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Jorden van Foreest — Openings

Jorden van Foreest's most-played openings, with game counts.

Jorden van Foreest's favorite openings

Jorden van Foreest's most played openings in the Rama Chess archive: with White the Sicilian Defense (32 games), Ruy Lopez (22 games), Italian Game (12 games); with Black the King's Indian Defense (20 games), Ruy Lopez (20 games), Slav Defense (19 games). Best score in an opening played at least 5 times: 56.2% in the Queen's Pawn Game.

Opening familyGamesAs WhiteAs BlackScore
Sicilian Defense43321143%
Ruy Lopez42222041.7%
Slav Defense2231938.6%
King's Indian Defense2112040.5%
English Opening2031740%
Italian Game1812633.3%
Caro-Kann Defense159650%
Nimzo-Indian Defense1511440%
Queen's Gambit Declined1551036.7%
Two Knights Defense105550%
Italian Game (Giuoco Piano)97238.9%
French Defense86237.5%
Petrov's Defense87137.5%
Queen's Pawn Game83556.2%
Reti Opening83537.5%
Grunfeld Defense75221.4%
King's Indian Attack72542.9%
Four Knights Game65141.7%
Queen's Gambit Accepted63316.7%
Scotch Game6518.3%

Families from the ECO codes of 338 games (2026-10-31). Score = wins plus half the draws. The full list by ECO code is below.

All openings by ECO code

Italian Game (C50)18Sicilian: Najdorf (B90)13Ruy Lopez: Berlin (C65)12Petrov's Defense (C42)8Italian: Classical (C53)8Two Knights Defense (C55)8Slav Defense (D10)7Slav: Exchange (D12)7King's Indian Attack (A07)6Sicilian Defense (B40)6Scotch Game (C45)6Ruy Lopez: Berlin, Open (C67)6Ruy Lopez: Closed (C90)6Slav: Quiet Variation (D11)6Nimzo-Indian: Classical (E32)6Reti Opening (A06)5English Opening (A15)5Caro-Kann: Advance (B12)5Caro-Kann: Exchange (B13)5French: Classical (C11)5Ruy Lopez: Closed (C84)5King's Indian: Classical (E94)5Sicilian Defense (B30)4Bishop's Opening (C24)4Queen's Pawn Game (D02)4QGD: Tarrasch (D32)4QGD: Exchange (D35)4King's Indian Defense (E60)4Nimzo-Larsen Attack (A01)3English Opening (A13)3English Opening (A20)3Modern Defense (B06)3Caro-Kann Defense (B15)3Sicilian: Closed (B23)3Vienna Game (C26)3Four Knights (C47)3Ruy Lopez: Open (C80)3QGA: Classical (D27)3QGD (D30)3QGD (D31)3QGD (D37)3QGD: Semi-Slav (D43)3Nimzo-Indian (E20)3King's Indian Defense (E61)3King's Indian (E73)3Polish (Sokolsky) Opening (A00)2English: Caro-Kann Defensive System (A11)2Queen's Pawn Game (A46)2Alekhine: Modern (B04)2Pirc Defense (B07)2Sicilian Defense (B50)2King's Pawn Game (C20)2Philidor Defense (C41)2King's Pawn Game (C44)2Four Knights (C48)2Two Knights Defense (C58)2Ruy Lopez: Modern Steinitz (C72)2Ruy Lopez (C78)2Ruy Lopez: Open (C82)2Queen's Pawn Game (D00)2Slav Defense (D16)2QGA: Classical (D26)2Grünfeld Defense (D94)2Catalan: Closed (E06)2Queen's Pawn Game (E10)2Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch (E24)2Nimzo-Indian: Reshevsky (E46)2King's Indian: Fianchetto (E62)2Reti Opening (A04)1Reti Opening (A05)1King's Indian Attack (A08)1Reti Opening (A09)1English Opening (A10)1English Opening (A16)1English Opening (A21)1English Opening (A22)1English: Four Knights (A28)1English: Symmetrical (A30)1English: Symmetrical (A36)1Scandinavian Defense (B01)1Alekhine's Defense (B02)1Caro-Kann Defense (B10)1Caro-Kann: Classical (B18)1Sicilian: Alapin (B22)1Sicilian: Rossolimo (B31)1Sicilian: Lowenthal (B32)1Sicilian Defense (B33)1Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon (B35)1Sicilian: Taimanov (B47)1Sicilian: Taimanov (B48)1Sicilian: Canal-Sokolsky (B52)1Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer (B67)1Sicilian: Dragon (B72)1Sicilian Defense (B76)1Sicilian: Scheveningen (B83)1Sicilian: Najdorf (B94)1Sicilian Defense (B95)1Sicilian: Najdorf (B96)1French Defense (C00)1French: Exchange (C01)1French: Advance (C02)1Vienna Game (C27)1Three Knights Opening (C46)1Four Knights (C49)1Italian: Classical (C54)1Ruy Lopez (C70)1Ruy Lopez (C77)1Ruy Lopez: Marshall (C89)1Ruy Lopez: Closed (C96)1Colle System (D05)1Albin Counter-Gambit (D08)1QGA (D20)1QGD: Ragozin (D38)1QGD: Semi-Tarrasch (D41)1QGD: Semi-Slav (D45)1Grunfeld Defense (D77)1Neo-Grünfeld (D79)1Grünfeld: Modern Exchange (D85)1Grünfeld: Exchange (D87)1Grünfeld: Russian (D97)1Queen's Indian (E12)1Nimzo-Indian: Three Knights (E21)1Nimzo-Indian Defense (E28)1King's Indian: Makogonov (E71)1King's Indian: Sämisch (E81)1King's Indian (E91)1King's Indian: Classical (E92)1

FAQ

What are Jorden van Foreest's favorite openings?

Jorden van Foreest's most played openings in the Rama Chess archive: with White the Sicilian Defense (32 games), Ruy Lopez (22 games), Italian Game (12 games); with Black the King's Indian Defense (20 games), Ruy Lopez (20 games), Slav Defense (19 games). Best score in an opening played at least 5 times: 56.2% in the Queen's Pawn Game.

What does Jorden van Foreest play with Black?

With Black the most played opening families are: King's Indian Defense (20), Ruy Lopez (20), Slav Defense (19), English Opening (17).

How many different openings does Jorden van Foreest play here?

127 ECO codes in 39 opening families, in 338 games with a known ECO code.