Youssef M El Ghazali's chess openings
IM🇪🇬 EgyptFIDE 2126150 games
Youssef M El Ghazali, International Master from Egypt, has 150 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Youssef M El Ghazali most often opens with 1.c4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White79 games · +38 =24 −17 · 63%
As Black71 games · +22 =8 −41 · 37%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening76%59 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%6 games · scores 92% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense94%45 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game6%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense89%17 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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