Hrair Simonian's chess openings
GM🇦🇲 ArmeniaFIDE 2382817 games
Hrair Simonian, Grandmaster from Armenia, has 817 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Hrair Simonian most often opens with 1.e4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White435 games · +222 =116 −97 · 64%
As Black382 games · +166 =81 −135 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening97%419 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense82%178 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%22 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game7%16 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%79 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%19 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Be7
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