Jamal Messala's chess openings
🇲🇦 MoroccoFIDE 187520 games
Jamal Messala, from Morocco, has 20 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jamal Messala most often opens with 1.e4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...c5.
As White9 games · +4 =1 −4 · 50%
As Black11 games · +3 =1 −7 · 32%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening78%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening22%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense83%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense17%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense100%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 a6
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