Daniel Semcesen's chess openings
GM🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 2400929 games
Daniel Semcesen, Grandmaster from Sweden, has 929 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Daniel Semcesen most often opens with 1.d4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White448 games · +224 =159 −65 · 68%
As Black481 games · +179 =190 −112 · 57%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening69%311 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening19%84 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%31 games · scores 65% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game78%170 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense16%34 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense5%11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game63%95 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense22%33 games · scores 74% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d67%10 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
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