Zbigniew Szymczak's chess openings
Peak rating 2460521 games
Zbigniew Szymczak has 521 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Zbigniew Szymczak most often opens with 1.d4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White252 games · +71 =128 −53 · 54%
As Black269 games · +67 =117 −85 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening77%195 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%26 games · scores 40% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening10%25 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense42%65 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game31%48 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense12%19 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense48%39 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game44%36 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
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