Bryan Smith's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2373664 games
Bryan Smith, Grandmaster from United States, has 664 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bryan Smith most often opens with 1.e4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White336 games · +163 =97 −76 · 63%
As Black328 games · +132 =112 −84 · 57%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening93%312 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%11 games · scores 73% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening2%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense73%93 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense22%28 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense96%141 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
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