Salim Al Balushi's chess openings
🇴🇲 OmanFIDE 157521 games
Salim Al Balushi, from Oman, has 21 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Salim Al Balushi most often opens with 1.c4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...c5.
As White12 games · +5 =0 −7 · 42%
As Black9 games · +0 =0 −9 · 0%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening92%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense67%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.Nf3 cxd4 3.Nxd4 Nc6
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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