Sami Khader's chess openings
IM🇯🇴 JordanFIDE 2369284 games
Sami Khader, International Master from Jordan, has 284 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sami Khader most often opens with 1.e4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White145 games · +56 =36 −53 · 51%
As Black139 games · +46 =30 −63 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening55%80 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening42%61 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense36%21 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%17 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%34 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game24%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 cxd4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense10%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g5
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