Saim, M's chess openings
FM🇩🇿 AlgeriaFIDE 2147529 games
Saim, M, FIDE Master from Algeria, has 529 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Saim, M most often opens with 1.d4 (51% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White262 games · +65 =24 −173 · 29%
As Black267 games · +80 =12 −175 · 32%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening51%132 games · scores 23% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening27%71 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening20%52 games · scores 21% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense50%63 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense24%30 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game13%16 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense77%73 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%12 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...a64%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 a6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 Nf6
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