Francois Simard's chess openings
🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 181961 games
Francois Simard, from Canada, has 61 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Francois Simard most often opens with 1.d4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White31 games · +9 =6 −16 · 39%
As Black30 games · +10 =4 −16 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening97%30 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense92%12 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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