Simon Alapin's chess openings
215 games
Simon Alapin has 215 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simon Alapin most often opens with 1.e4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White116 games · +33 =45 −38 · 48%
As Black99 games · +20 =43 −36 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%86 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening24%28 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening2%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game52%35 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense46%31 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game85%22 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d68%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
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