Joel Salman's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 216295 games
Joel Salman, FIDE Master from United States, has 95 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joel Salman most often opens with 1.d4 (81% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White47 games · +17 =12 −18 · 49%
As Black48 games · +15 =14 −19 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening81%38 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening19%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%24 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%15 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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