Naseem Ahmed Essa's chess openings
FM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 199057 games
Naseem Ahmed Essa, FIDE Master from South Africa, has 57 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Naseem Ahmed Essa most often opens with 1.d4 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White26 games · +10 =1 −15 · 40%
As Black31 games · +11 =5 −15 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening62%16 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening27%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 Bg4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense76%13 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense18%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense63%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense13%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Be7
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