Moussa Taleb's chess openings
GM🇦🇪 United Arab EmiratesFIDE 2406197 games
Moussa Taleb, Grandmaster from United Arab Emirates, has 197 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Moussa Taleb most often opens with 1.d4 (51% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White73 games · +34 =20 −19 · 60%
As Black124 games · +35 =40 −49 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening51%35 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening37%25 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Bg5 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening7%5 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense93%63 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%44 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Bf5 3.Nc3 c6
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