Saif Shawkat's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 200530 games
Saif Shawkat, from United States, has 30 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Saif Shawkat most often opens with 1.e4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White14 games · +3 =4 −7 · 36%
As Black16 games · +4 =2 −10 · 31%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening50%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening36%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game75%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense25%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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