Jan Smeets's chess openings
GM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 25641,250 games
Jan Smeets, Grandmaster from Netherlands, has 1,250 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jan Smeets most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White657 games · +288 =250 −119 · 63%
As Black593 games · +230 =192 −171 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%622 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%25 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game46%130 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense32%89 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense11%32 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game94%169 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense6%11 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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