Simon Elgersma's chess openings
CM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 2200209 games
Simon Elgersma, Candidate Master from Netherlands, has 209 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simon Elgersma most often opens with 1.e4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White103 games · +41 =27 −35 · 53%
As Black106 games · +28 =21 −57 · 36%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%101 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense82%41 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense16%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense74%25 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game24%8 games · scores 19% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 d5
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