L M S T De Silva's chess openings
IM🇱🇰 Sri LankaFIDE 24061,608 games
L M S T De Silva, International Master from Sri Lanka, has 1,608 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, L M S T De Silva most often opens with 1.e4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White803 games · +414 =109 −280 · 58%
As Black805 games · +332 =121 −352 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening77%615 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%123 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening4%29 games · scores 66% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game81%283 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%25 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense5%18 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense85%246 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%31 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%9 games · scores 78% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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