Toufeeq Catalan's chess openings
FM🇸🇾 SyriaFIDE 232235 games
Toufeeq Catalan, FIDE Master from Syria, has 35 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Toufeeq Catalan most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White16 games · +5 =4 −7 · 44%
As Black19 games · +5 =4 −10 · 37%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%16 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense33%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense22%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense22%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game43%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6
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