David Smith's chess openings
Peak rating 183138 games
David Smith has 38 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David Smith most often opens with 1.e4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White20 games · +2 =8 −10 · 30%
As Black18 games · +6 =5 −7 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening55%11 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening25%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening15%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense44%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense22%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense22%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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