Salem, AR's chess openings
GM🇦🇪 United Arab EmiratesFIDE 26162,877 games
Salem, AR, Grandmaster from United Arab Emirates, has 2,877 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Salem, AR most often opens with 1.d4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,468 games · +832 =296 −340 · 67%
As Black1,409 games · +702 =305 −402 · 61%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening80%1,161 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%196 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%67 games · scores 69% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense59%398 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game22%144 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense15%103 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%355 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game16%68 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense0%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
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