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Konrad Van Zyl Smit's chess openings

Peak rating 210044 games

Konrad Van Zyl Smit has 44 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Konrad Van Zyl Smit most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White22 games · +8 =7 −7 · 52%
As Black22 games · +8 =2 −12 · 41%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    22 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game100%
    14 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%
    5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game17%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6

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