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Issa Ali Shamas Salim's chess openings

CM🇴🇲 OmanFIDE 182742 games

Issa Ali Shamas Salim, Candidate Master from Oman, has 42 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Issa Ali Shamas Salim most often opens with 1.d4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White18 games · +6 =4 −8 · 44%
As Black24 games · +7 =1 −16 · 31%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening53%
    9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
  2. 1.c4 English Opening18%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 d5
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening18%
    3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game42%
    5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
  2. 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense33%
    4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7
  3. 1...d6 Pirc Defense8%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%
    4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game20%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.Bf4 e6

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