Jorah Soojay's chess openings
FM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 2098273 games
Jorah Soojay, FIDE Master from South Africa, has 273 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jorah Soojay most often opens with 1.c4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White137 games · +63 =18 −56 · 53%
As Black136 games · +42 =25 −69 · 40%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening60%81 games · scores 48% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening32%43 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack3%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.c4 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense71%47 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
- 1...e6 French Defense17%11 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense6%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game57%28 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense37%18 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 d5
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