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FM Raoul Van Ketel

Full name

Raoul Van Ketel

Born

1/1/1971 (age 53)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Netherlands

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Slav Defense (10 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation (9 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation (6 games)

Benoni Defense: Modern, Pawn Storm, Four Pawns Attack (6 games)

King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack (5 games)

Black Pieces

French Defense: Rubinstein, Blackburne Defense (12 games)

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (8 games)

French Defense: King's Indian Attack (5 games)

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (4 games)

English Opening: Neo-Catalan Defense Accepted (4 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Raoul Van Ketel (2231) Laszlo Krizsany (2334)	½-½	25	2024
Raoul Van Ketel (2231) Chris R Duncan (2158)	1-0	68	2024
Raoul Van Ketel (2231) Robert C Noyce (2132)	1-0	25	2024
Raoul Van Ketel (2228) Maaike Keetman (2133)	1-0	28	2024
Raoul Van Ketel (2231) Bogdan Podlesnik (2280)	0-1	29	2024
Raoul Van Ketel Arthur Pijpers	0-1	37	2020
Raoul Van Ketel (2212) Peko Djurovic (1943)	1-0	30	2019
Raoul Van Ketel (2212) Tadeas Kriebel (2516)	0-1	36	2019
Raoul Van Ketel (2212) Sham Bratkovic (2232)	0-1	41	2019
Raoul Van Ketel (2210) Richard Frans (2017)	1-0	30	2019

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