Si1 Williams's chess openings
GM🏴 EnglandFIDE 24492,682 games
Si1 Williams, Grandmaster from England, has 2,682 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Si1 Williams most often opens with 1.d4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White1,344 games · +680 =194 −470 · 58%
As Black1,338 games · +643 =173 −522 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening64%709 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening16%175 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening9%98 games · scores 71% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%253 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense29%184 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense21%129 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense83%344 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense11%47 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%8 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4
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