Jozef Simenon's chess openings
FM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 227871 games
Jozef Simenon, FIDE Master from Netherlands, has 71 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jozef Simenon most often opens with 1.b4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White34 games · +13 =15 −6 · 60%
As Black37 games · +12 =11 −14 · 47%
As White
- 1.b4 Polish Opening44%15 games · scores 63% · main line 1.b4 e5 2.a3 d5 3.Bb2 Nd7
- 1.c4 English Opening29%10 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack15%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.e3 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense48%13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense22%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense19%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1...b550%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 b5 2.e4 a6 3.c4 Bb7
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