Ralph Salem's chess openings
🇱🇧 LebanonFIDE 173321 games
Ralph Salem, from Lebanon, has 21 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ralph Salem most often opens with 1.e4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White11 games · +2 =2 −7 · 27%
As Black10 games · +2 =2 −6 · 30%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening40%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening20%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening20%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense83%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1...e6 French Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense67%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 Bg7
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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