Simon JB Knott's chess openings
IM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2326416 games
Simon JB Knott, International Master from England, has 416 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simon JB Knott most often opens with 1.Nf3 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White214 games · +82 =94 −38 · 60%
As Black202 games · +65 =77 −60 · 51%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening53%112 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening47%101 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense98%114 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense98%65 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c6
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