Simon Jakob's chess openings
🇨🇭 SwitzerlandFIDE 211064 games
Simon Jakob, from Switzerland, has 64 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simon Jakob most often opens with 1.d4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White31 games · +8 =7 −16 · 37%
As Black33 games · +5 =2 −26 · 18%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening87%27 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6
- 1.c4 English Opening10%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 d6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense78%14 games · scores 14% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense22%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game67%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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