Ricardo Szmetan's chess openings
Peak rating 238099 games
Ricardo Szmetan has 99 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ricardo Szmetan most often opens with 1.d4 (66% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White50 games · +16 =14 −20 · 46%
As Black49 games · +6 =14 −29 · 27%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening66%33 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening10%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense59%17 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense34%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense43%6 games · scores 8% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
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