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Zahed Salem's chess openings

🇪🇬 EgyptFIDE 219836 games

Zahed Salem, from Egypt, has 36 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Zahed Salem most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White21 games · +10 =5 −6 · 60%
As Black15 games · +3 =4 −8 · 33%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%
    18 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense89%
    8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...e5 Open Game11%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense25%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game25%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6

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