Simon Lyall's chess openings
🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 181924 games
Simon Lyall, from New Zealand, has 24 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simon Lyall most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White14 games · +3 =3 −8 · 32%
As Black10 games · +3 =3 −4 · 45%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%14 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game100%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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