Axel Smith's chess openings
GM🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 24281,011 games
Axel Smith, Grandmaster from Sweden, has 1,011 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Axel Smith most often opens with 1.d4 (36% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White522 games · +202 =216 −104 · 59%
As Black489 games · +164 =208 −117 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening36%184 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening30%155 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening21%109 games · scores 65% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%104 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game33%69 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...e6 French Defense14%29 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense64%103 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game27%43 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 b6
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