Salem Hatam Taleb's chess openings
🇮🇶 IraqFIDE 202736 games
Salem Hatam Taleb, from Iraq, has 36 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Salem Hatam Taleb most often opens with 1.c4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White20 games · +5 =7 −8 · 43%
As Black16 games · +7 =2 −7 · 50%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening50%10 games · scores 30% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening30%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bg5 Ne4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense80%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense20%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nce7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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