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Van Wely, Loek

Total Games

795

Wins

134

Draws

342

Losses

319

16.9% wins43.0% draws40.1% losses

Most Played Openings

E15 - Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation46B90 - Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation35B33 - Sicilian Defense: Open25E32 - Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation21E12 - Queen's Indian Defense19B31 - Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation19E97 - King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Modern System19D11 - Slav Defense: Modern Line19D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack18B80 - Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation16

Most Faced Opponents

Ivanchuk,V43 gamesGelfand,B34 gamesShirov,A31 gamesAdams,Mi29 gamesLeko,P29 gamesTimman, Jan H28 gamesAnand,V28 gamesTopalov,V27 gamesKramnik,V26 gamesSvidler,P23 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
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Van Wely,L vs Ponomariov,R

WCC

2005

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1-0

Ponomariov,R vs Van Wely,L

WCC

2005

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FCGFCG
1-0

Radjabov,T vs Van Wely,L

WCC

2005

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FCGFCG
1-0

Van Wely,L vs Radjabov,T

WCC

2005

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FCGFCG
1-0

Adams, Michael vs Van Wely, Loek

FIDE-Wch k.o.

1997

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FCGFCG
0-1

Van Wely, Loek vs Shirov, Alexei

Wch U20

1989

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FCGFCG
1-0

Van Wely,L vs Radjabov,T

WCC

2005

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FCGFCG
0-1

Nakamura,Hi vs Van Wely,L

76th Tata Steel Masters

2014

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FCGFCG
1-0

Topalov, Veselin vs Van Wely, Loek

Amber-blind 7th

1998

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FCGFCG
0-1

Hou Yifan vs Van Wely,L

78th Tata Steel GpA

2016

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Games (795)

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Shirov,A vs Van Wely,L
1/2-1/2
16th Puhajarve Rapid 2015 B41
Van Wely,L vs Giri,A
0-1
ch-NED Rapid 2015 2015 A05
Dominguez Perez,L vs Van Wely,L
1/2-1/2
TCh-ESP Div Honor 2015 2015 D11
Van Wely,L vs Giri,A
1/2-1/2
ch-NED 2015 2015 A07
Mamedyarov,S vs Van Wely,L
1-0
6th Rabat Blitz Marathon 2015 E20
Van Wely,L vs Shirov,A
1/2-1/2
6th Rabat Blitz Marathon 2015 D45
Van Wely,L vs Khalifman,A
1/2-1/2
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015 2015 B36
Van Wely,L vs Timman,J
0-1
75th Noteboom vierkamp 2015 A21
Van Wely,L vs Mamedyarov,S
1/2-1/2
FIDE World Blitz 2014 2014 A41
Van Wely,L vs Morozevich,A
1-0
FIDE World Blitz 2014 2014 D02
Van Wely,L vs Svidler,P
1-0
FIDE World Rapid 2014 2014 A41
Nakamura,Hi vs Van Wely,L
1-0
FIDE World Rapid 2014 2014 B43
Van Wely,L vs Caruana,F
1/2-1/2
FIDE World Rapid 2014 2014 A41
Van Wely,L vs Shirov,A
1-0
Latvian Railway Open 2014 2014 D11
Van Wely,L vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Latvian Railway Open 2014 2014 E17
Van Wely,L vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
World Teams 2013 2013 E15
Van Wely,L vs Karjakin,Sergey
0-1
World Teams 2013 2013 E15
Adams,Mi vs Van Wely,L
1-0
17th Unive Crown 2013 B90
Van Wely,L vs So,W
0-1
17th Unive Crown 2013 D43
Van Wely,L vs Adams,Mi
1/2-1/2
17th Unive Crown 2013 E54
So,W vs Van Wely,L
1-0
17th Unive Crown 2013 E46
Short,N vs Van Wely,L
1-0
21st Sigeman & Co 2013 B43
Van Wely,L vs Rapport,R
1/2-1/2
21st Sigeman & Co 2013 D11
Gelfand,B vs Van Wely,L
1/2-1/2
28th European Club Cup 2012 A81
Van Wely,L vs Nepomniachtchi,I
1/2-1/2
28th European Club Cup 2012 A04
Van Wely,L vs Dominguez Perez,L
1/2-1/2
28th European Club Cup 2012 A33
Van Wely,L vs Grischuk,A
1/2-1/2
18th European Teams 2011 E60
Van Wely,L vs Beliavsky,A
1/2-1/2
27th ECC 2011 A29
Adams,Mi vs Van Wely,L
1/2-1/2
1st Metropolitan International 2011 B90
Van Wely,L vs Kamsky,G
1-0
39th World Open 2011 E60
Adams,Mi vs Van Wely,L
1/2-1/2
39th World Open 2011 B22
Giri,A vs Van Wely,L
0-1
3rd Remco Heite GM 2010 D37
Mamedyarov,S vs Van Wely,L
1/2-1/2
14th Corsica KO 2010 E60
Van Wely,L vs Mamedyarov,S
1/2-1/2
14th Corsica KO 2010 D38
Mamedyarov,S vs Van Wely,L
1-0
14th Corsica KO 2010 D11
Van Wely,L vs Mamedyarov,S
1-0
14th Corsica KO 2010 E94
Mamedyarov,S vs Van Wely,L
1-0
14th Corsica KO 2010 E60
Van Wely,L vs Short,N
1/2-1/2
TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor 2010 E11
Van Wely,L vs So,W
1/2-1/2
5th NH Chess Tournament 2010 D11
Giri,A vs Van Wely,L
1/2-1/2
5th NH Chess Tournament 2010 D44
Nakamura,Hi vs Van Wely,L
1-0
5th NH Chess Tournament 2010 B94
Van Wely,L vs Caruana,F
1-0
5th NH Chess Tournament 2010 A20
So,W vs Van Wely,L
1/2-1/2
5th NH Chess Tournament 2010 A15
Van Wely,L vs Giri,A
0-1
4th NH Chess Tournament 2010 A11
Van Wely,L vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
5th NH Chess Tournament 2010 E32
Caruana,F vs Van Wely,L
1/2-1/2
4th NH Chess Tournament 2010 B84
Van Wely,L vs Giri,A
1-0
ch-NED 2010 A74
Van Wely,L vs Vachier Lagrave,M
0-1
9th Aeroflot Open A 2010 A22
Kamsky,G vs Van Wely,L
1/2-1/2
9th Aeroflot Open A 2010 B90
Van Wely,L vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
3rd NH Chess Tournament 2009 A40
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