Simon Small's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 220729 games
Simon Small, from England, has 29 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simon Small most often opens with 1.d4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White13 games · +3 =3 −7 · 35%
As Black16 games · +1 =6 −9 · 25%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening54%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening46%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense80%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%5 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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