Zahari Simov's chess openings
🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 163348 games
Zahari Simov, from Bulgaria, has 48 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Zahari Simov most often opens with 1.e4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White22 games · +7 =3 −12 · 39%
As Black26 games · +5 =1 −20 · 21%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening64%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 e6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening23%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.Nf3 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening9%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game47%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense18%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense18%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 e6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.f3 exf3
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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