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Zainab Saumy's chess openings

WFM🇱🇰 Sri LankaFIDE 192154 games

Zainab Saumy, Woman FIDE Master from Sri Lanka, has 54 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Zainab Saumy most often opens with 1.e4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White27 games · +8 =4 −15 · 37%
As Black27 games · +10 =4 −13 · 44%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening93%
    25 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1.c4 English Opening4%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
  3. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense81%
    13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense13%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
  3. 1...e6 French Defense6%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense89%
    8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game11%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6

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