Simon Lamaze's chess openings
IM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2482933 games
Simon Lamaze, International Master from France, has 933 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simon Lamaze most often opens with 1.d4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White464 games · +227 =71 −166 · 57%
As Black469 games · +203 =76 −190 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening44%203 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening38%174 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening13%60 games · scores 66% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense78%169 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%31 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game2%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense87%125 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game9%13 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
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