Michael Simonsen's chess openings
26 games
Michael Simonsen has 26 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael Simonsen most often opens with 1.d4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White12 games · +2 =6 −4 · 42%
As Black14 games · +2 =2 −10 · 21%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening83%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening17%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game57%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense29%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d617%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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