Smilo Hlophe's chess openings
CM🇸🇿 EswatiniFIDE 182830 games
Smilo Hlophe, Candidate Master from Eswatini, has 30 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Smilo Hlophe most often opens with 1.d4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White17 games · +6 =4 −7 · 47%
As Black13 games · +2 =1 −10 · 19%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening44%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening44%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game57%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense43%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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