Player profile

Van Wely, Loek

Standard: 2626 Rapid: 2556 Blitz: 2556 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 1000268 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: NED Sex: M Birth Year: 1972 Age: 54
Title: GM Women's title: — Other title: FST FOA title: —
Games: 236 Wins: 112 (47%) Draws: 79 (33%) Losses: 43 (18%) Other: 2
Dossier

222 of 236 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 92.8%
Opened d4: 62/97Opened c4: 19/97Opened Nf3: 15/97Opened f4: 1/97
Castled kingside: 149Same-side castling: 132Did not castle: 29Opposite-side castling: 18Castled queenside: 11
Fianchettoed queenside: 58Fianchettoed kingside: 55Played on the queenside: 55Played in the center: 51Played on the kingside: 41
Active pieces: 139Kept the bishop pair: 130Initiated exchanges: 118Sacrificed material: 116Space advantage: 114Isolated pawn: 110Backward pawn: 100Missed tactics: 29Avoided exchanges: 29Played gambits: 13
Openings

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As White 105 games 48W 40D 15L
Queen's Gambit Declined 27 games 13W 11D 3L
Exchange Variation 7 games 5W 2D 0L
Positional Variation 4 games 2W 2D 0L
Reshevsky Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Sämisch Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Carlsen Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Orthodox Defense 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Bd3 Line 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Main Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Barmen Variation 3 games 1W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Semi-Tarrasch Defense 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Exchange Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Ragozin Defense 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Alekhine Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Vienna Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Quiet Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Queen's Knight Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Harrwitz Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Main Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
English Opening 13 games 5W 5D 1L
Symmetrical Variation 4 games 0W 3D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 0W 0D 0L
Rubinstein Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anti-Benoni Variation, Spielmann Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Three Knights Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's English Variation 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Two Knights Variation, Keres Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anglo-Indian Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
King's Knight Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anglo-Grünfeld Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Neo-Catalan 2 games 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 0L
Mikenas-Carls Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Agincourt Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Catalan Defense, Semi-Slav Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 8 games 3W 4D 1L
Kmoch Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Three Knights Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Romanishin Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
English Hybrid 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
St. Petersburg Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Gambit Accepted 7 games 2W 3D 2L
Central Variation 3 games 0W 2D 1L
McDonnell Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Greco Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Janowski-Larsen Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Furman Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Steinitz Variation, Development Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Catalan Opening 7 games 3W 3D 1L
Open Defense 5 games 2W 2D 1L
(unspecified) 5 games 2W 2D 1L
Closed 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Defense 6 games 5W 1D 0L
Orthodox Variation 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Glek Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Kazakh Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Semi-Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Slav Defense 5 games 4W 1D 0L
Czech Variation 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Classical System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical System, Main Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Krause Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Schlechter Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Chebanenko Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Advance System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
? 5 games 1W 2D 2L
(unspecified) 5 games 1W 2D 2L
(unspecified) 5 games 1W 2D 2L
Semi-Slav Defense 4 games 1W 1D 2L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Moscow Variation 2 games 0W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Bogo-Indian Defense 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Retreat Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Grünfeld Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Tarrasch Defense 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Endgame Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Dubov Tarrasch 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Rossolimo Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Queen's Indian Defense 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Kasparov-Petrosian Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Main Line 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Rashkovsky Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Old Indian Defense 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Réti Opening 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Dutch Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Fianchetto Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Neo-Grünfeld Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
with g3 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Benko Gambit Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Fully Accepted Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anti-Nimzo-Indian 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Semi-Slav Defense Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
English Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Perrin Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Grünfeld Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Stockholm Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
As Black 98 games 48W 26D 24L
Sicilian Defense 53 games 26W 14D 13L
Najdorf Variation 17 games 6W 6D 5L
(unspecified) 6 games 4W 0D 2L
English Attack 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Opocensky Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Adams Attack 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Lipnitsky Attack 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Amsterdam Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Yates Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Taimanov Variation 17 games 10W 7D 0L
(unspecified) 16 games 9W 7D 0L
Bastrikov Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scheveningen Variation 6 games 2W 1D 3L
Classical Variation 5 games 1W 1D 3L
English Attack, with f3 1 game 1W 0D 0L
French Variation 4 games 2W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 0D 2L
Westerinen Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Closed 3 games 3W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Moscow Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Variations 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Delayed Alapin Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
with e6 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Prins Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Paulsen Formation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
English Opening 8 games 3W 2D 3L
Symmetrical Variation 3 games 1W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Rubinstein Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's English Variation 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, Delayed .. Nc6 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nimzowitsch Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Anglo-Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Indian Formation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Symmetrical 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Hedgehog, Flexible Formation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Semi-Slav Defense 6 games 3W 2D 1L
Moscow Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Stoltz Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Anti-Moscow Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Normal Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Indian Attack 4 games 1W 1D 2L
Spassky Variation 3 games 1W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Keres Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 4 games 2W 2D 0L
Classical Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Keres Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Rubinstein System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Normal Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
? 4 games 4W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 4 games 4W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 4 games 4W 0D 0L
Queen's Gambit Declined 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Vienna Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Quiet Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Reshevsky Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Slav Defense 3 games 0W 1D 2L
Modern Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Quiet Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Soultanbeieff Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Grünfeld Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Russian Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Hungarian Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Stockholm Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Horwitz Defense 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
English Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Neo-Grünfeld Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Catalan Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Open Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Rapport-Jobava System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Slav Indian 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bogo-Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Retreat Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Réti Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Knights Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Pirc Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Quiet System, Czech Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Blunders Top 4 of 614

This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2026.06.09 · 27... Ba3 (−52.6% win chance) 1-0
Van Wely, Loek
Warmerdam, Max
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2025.05.19 · 57... Ke7 (−42.2% win chance) 1-0
Van Wely, Loek
Bortnyk, Olexandr
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2025.05.19 · 43... Ne6 (−39.8% win chance) 0-1
Van Wely, Loek
Tang, Andrew
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2023.02.25 · 31... Be4 (−39% win chance) 0-1
Van Wely, Loek
Ernst, Sipke
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