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Simon Sotek's chess openings

CM🇨🇿 CzechiaFIDE 2179188 games

Simon Sotek, Candidate Master from Czechia, has 188 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simon Sotek most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White94 games · +32 =13 −49 · 41%
As Black94 games · +32 =14 −48 · 41%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    93 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense89%
    39 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense7%
    3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
  3. 1...e6 French Defense2%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game77%
    23 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense20%
    6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6

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