Mark Smith's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 199531 games
Mark Smith, from England, has 31 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mark Smith most often opens with 1.e4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White19 games · +6 =2 −11 · 37%
As Black12 games · +6 =4 −2 · 67%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening63%12 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening26%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening5%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense67%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense33%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 h5 3.h3 Nf6
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