Simon T Ansell's chess openings
IM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2301661 games
Simon T Ansell, International Master from England, has 661 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simon T Ansell most often opens with 1.e4 (89% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White324 games · +125 =107 −92 · 55%
As Black337 games · +103 =111 −123 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening89%288 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%33 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense79%137 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game6%11 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game68%72 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense24%25 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
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