Manuel Smit's chess openings
🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 200532 games
Manuel Smit, from Netherlands, has 32 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Manuel Smit most often opens with 1.e4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White16 games · +4 =3 −9 · 34%
As Black16 games · +3 =0 −13 · 19%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening44%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack25%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.b3 b6 2.e3 Bb7 3.Nf3 c5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening19%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.h3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense33%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense22%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...e6 French Defense11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6
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