Ralf-Axel Simon's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 1879178 games
Ralf-Axel Simon, FIDE Master from Germany, has 178 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ralf-Axel Simon most often opens with 1.Nf3 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White87 games · +36 =18 −33 · 52%
As Black91 games · +43 =12 −36 · 54%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening68%58 games · scores 54% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening21%18 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%9 games · scores 22% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense83%35 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game17%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game70%21 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense30%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
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