Daniel Smith's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 201452 games
Daniel Smith, from United States, has 52 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Daniel Smith most often opens with 1.e4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White29 games · +8 =2 −19 · 31%
As Black23 games · +4 =3 −16 · 24%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening55%16 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening45%13 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense75%6 games · scores 8% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
- 1...e5 Open Game13%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5
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