Sithun De Silva's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 2008119 games
Sithun De Silva, from England, has 119 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sithun De Silva most often opens with 1.e4 (82% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White60 games · +23 =26 −11 · 60%
As Black59 games · +24 =13 −22 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening82%49 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack3%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense38%11 games · scores 82% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
- 1...e6 French Defense34%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense21%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense74%17 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game26%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6
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