Simon Schnell's chess openings
🇨🇭 SwitzerlandFIDE 221376 games
Simon Schnell, from Switzerland, has 76 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simon Schnell most often opens with 1.d4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White35 games · +10 =11 −14 · 44%
As Black41 games · +6 =13 −22 · 30%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening97%34 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 e6 3.c4 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense94%17 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%8 games · scores 19% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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