Simic, St's chess openings
Peak rating 179625 games
Simic, St has 25 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simic, St most often opens with 1.b3 (33% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White12 games · +3 =4 −5 · 42%
As Black13 games · +1 =2 −10 · 15%
As White
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack33%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.b3 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Qf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening25%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense29%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game29%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense29%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
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