Simons, M's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 197889 games
Simons, M, from England, has 89 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simons, M most often opens with 1.e4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nc6, the Nimzowitsch Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...c5.
As White46 games · +11 =24 −11 · 50%
As Black43 games · +10 =20 −13 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening70%32 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening24%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.e4 dxe4
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nc3 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.d4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense40%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense35%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense25%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense55%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 b5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense45%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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