Shimon Kagan's chess openings
IM🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 2233388 games
Shimon Kagan, International Master from Israel, has 388 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Shimon Kagan most often opens with 1.e4 (89% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White202 games · +73 =52 −77 · 49%
As Black186 games · +51 =56 −79 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening89%180 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening6%13 games · scores 38% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense72%68 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense15%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense63%40 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense27%17 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d66%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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