Ralf Axel Simon's chess openings
Peak rating 2340100 games
Ralf Axel Simon has 100 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ralf Axel Simon most often opens with 1.Nf3 (38% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White13 games · +5 =2 −6 · 46%
As Black87 games · +29 =16 −42 · 43%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening38%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 c6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening23%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6
- 1.e3 Van't Kruijs Opening15%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense97%37 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game93%26 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 Be7
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