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Van der Westhuizen, Donald



FIDE:	FIDE Card
Years:	2015-2021
Number of games:	70
Number of wins:	28
Number of draws:	13
Number of losses:	29
White score:	14½/34 (42.65% - Average Elo: 1558.81)
Black score:	20/36 (55.56% - Average Elo: 1582.34)

Rating progression

Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses

Top wins

Van der Westhuizen, Donald (1652) - Ramos, Rubio Evelin Rubi (1438), KCF University Cup, Lichess.org INT (A44) - 2021

Van der Westhuizen, Donald (1505) - Pather, Sachen (1398), Durban Ethekwini op, Durban (E97) - 2017

Van der Westhuizen, Donald (1505) - Leslie Smith, Lance (1318), RSA-ch U16, Gauteng (E42) - 2017

February, Jesse Nikki (1806) - Van der Westhuizen, Donald (1505), Durban Ethekwini op, Durban (C00) - 2017

Senekal, Frederick (1780) - Van der Westhuizen, Donald (1578), Boksburg Inter Region-ch, Boksburg (C06) - 2016

Tamang, Lakpa Dorje (1573) - Van der Westhuizen, Donald (1704), World ol U16, Ahmedabad (A45) - 2017

Van der Westhuizen, Donald - ? (32)

Leslie Smith, Lance (1/2)

Mazibuko, Khanya (0/2)

Abdukholikov, Fotikh (0/1)

Amirzhanov, Rauan (1/1)

Ayush, Pattanaik (0/1)

Blom, Luis (1/1)

Blows, Kian (1/1)

De Koster, Arenda (½/1)

Essa, Naseem Ahmed (0/1)

Fortanelli Rios, Juan Manuel (0/1)

Frye, Reece Lawrence (0/1)

Govender, Yaduvir (0/1)

Hadebe, Sandile (0/1)

Jack, Azile (0/1)

Janse van Rensburg, Natasha (1/1)

Javanbakht, Nima (0/1)

Lefyedi, Thatego (½/1)

Mowzer, Mohammed Taariq (0/1)

Myagkov, Rostyslav (1/1)

Njoroge, Billy Timothy (1/1)

Rabeea, Sabah Nori (0/1)

Ramos, Rubio Evelin Rubi (1/1)

Reddy, Ananta (0/1)

Thilakarathne, GM Harshana (0/1)

Tsurtsumiya, Ruslan (½/1)

Van der Lingen, Cornelis Petrus (½/1)

Volkov, Kirill (0/1)

Woolf, Charne (1/1)

? - Van der Westhuizen, Donald (33)

Klaver, Cornelis (½/2)

Marais, Dawid Jacobus (1/2)

Varden, Trevelyn (1/2)

Al Zaabi, Sultan (0/1)

Chetty, Mayilan (1/1)

Deetlefs, Egbert (1/1)

Dolgonosov, Konstantin (0/1)

Du Plessis, Jan (½/1)

February, Jesse Nikki (1/1)

Fisabilillah, Ummi (0/1)

Flores Bartoli, Andrew (½/1)

Gertse, Lillian (1/1)

Goliat, Thamsanqa (1/1)

Govender, Eli Jordan (1/1)

Grimmbacher, Andrew (½/1)

Hedrice, Mario Sande (½/1)

Irungu, Brian Mwangi (½/1)

Kedama, Sandiso (½/1)

Khangal, Khosbayar (1/1)

Khanyile, Wandumuzi Siphephel (0/1)

Mahoai, Khutso (1/1)

Matanovic, Luka (0/1)

Mestnikov, Aital (0/1)

Millard, Chad (1/1)

Naicker, Sheldon (1/1)

Pather, Cayden (1/1)

Poleg, Dan (0/1)

Saunders, Matthew (1/1)

Senekal, Frederick (1/1)

Tamang, Lakpa Dorje (1/1)

Thabethe, Nhlanhla (½/1)

Umayan, Samantha Babol (0/1)

Vester, Jordan (0/1)

Openings played as White (23)

D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1484.25
Result: 1/4 = 25%

E97 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6)
Average Elo: 1474.67
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1881.5
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2)
Average Elo: 1516
Result: 1½/3 = 50%

D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo: 1272
Result: 1/2 = 50%

A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo: 1789
Result: 0/2 = 0%

D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A61 Benoni (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo: 1887
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D86 Grunfeld, Exchange (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4)
Average Elo: 1485
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo: 1451
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo: 1096
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.Bd3 Nc6)
Average Elo: 1318
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2)
Average Elo: 1318
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo: 1470
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo: 1640
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D52 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2039
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A44 Old Benoni Defense (1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5)
Average Elo: 1438
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E46 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O)
Average Elo: 2158
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A58 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6)
Average Elo: 1556
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo: 1590
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1770
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3)
Average Elo: 1313
Result: 1/1 = 100%

Openings played as Black (21)

C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo: 1430.6
Result: 3½/5 = 70%

C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1572.75
Result: 2/4 = 50%

C06 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4)
Average Elo: 1554.67
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1526
Result: 1½/3 = 50%

A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1349
Result: 2/2 = 100%

C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo: 1883
Result: ½/2 = 25%

C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo: 1749.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1653
Result: 1/2 = 50%

A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo: 1211
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo: 1213
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo: 1684
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo: 1722
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Re8)
Average Elo: 2038
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo: 1806
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo: 1179
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo: 1411
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Bg4)
Average Elo: 2268
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A60 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6)
Average Elo: 925
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo: 1784
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo: 1553
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo: 2159
Result: 0/1 = 0%