Simon Lawrence's chess openings
Peak rating 181414 games
Simon Lawrence has 14 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simon Lawrence most often opens with 1.e4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White6 games · +1 =4 −1 · 50%
As Black8 games · +3 =4 −1 · 63%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening67%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense83%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.b3 b6 3.Bb2 Bb7
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense17%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nf3 Nbd7
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