David Silva's chess openings
IM🇦🇴 AngolaFIDE 2285343 games
David Silva, International Master from Angola, has 343 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David Silva most often opens with 1.e4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White170 games · +81 =46 −43 · 61%
As Black173 games · +79 =43 −51 · 58%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening88%148 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game45%27 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense37%22 games · scores 77% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense7%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense93%62 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game4%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 Qxd5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.Nc3 g6
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