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IM Jan Willem de Jong

Full name

Jan-Willem De Jong

Born

1/1/1981 (age 43)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Netherlands

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation (6 games)

Slav Defense (6 games)

Benko Gambit (5 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (5 games)

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation (4 games)

Black Pieces

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Open, Classical Defense (11 games)

Italian Game: Two Knights, Modern Bishop's Opening (8 games)

Scotch Game: Schmidt, Mieses Variation (7 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Petrosian System (4 games)

Italian Game: Knight Attack, Polerio, Bishop Check Line (3 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Jan Willem de Jong (2412) Jiri Stocek (2501)	1-0	64	2024
Jan Willem de Jong (2412) Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2733)	0-1	62	2024
Jan Willem de Jong (2412) Alexis Cahen (2049)	1-0	42	2023
Jan Willem de Jong (2412) Jan Breukelman (2417)	1-0	31	2023
Jan Willem de Jong (2412) Tim Grutter (2329)	1-0	41	2023
Jan Willem de Jong (2410) Caspar Hermeling (1949)	1-0	32	2023
Jan Willem de Jong (2412) Valerio Carnicelli (2403)	0-1	33	2023
Jan Willem de Jong (2412) Niels Ondersteijn (2370)	½-½	85	2023
Jan Willem de Jong (2446) Georg Mohr (2437)	1-0	66	2019
Jan Willem de Jong (2446) Milo Pobor (2064)	1-0	34	2019

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