Ahmad Ismail's chess openings
FM🇲🇾 MalaysiaFIDE 1810217 games
Ahmad Ismail, FIDE Master from Malaysia, has 217 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ahmad Ismail most often opens with 1.d4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White97 games · +31 =20 −46 · 42%
As Black120 games · +40 =27 −53 · 45%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening76%74 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening18%17 games · scores 47% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack5%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense67%46 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense33%23 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense81%25 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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