David C Smerdon's chess openings
GM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 2440689 games
David C Smerdon, Grandmaster from Australia, has 689 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David C Smerdon most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White362 games · +193 =98 −71 · 67%
As Black327 games · +156 =89 −82 · 61%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%349 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening1%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense38%70 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense34%61 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%39 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%55 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense26%22 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5
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