Simon K Williams's chess openings
GM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2449612 games
Simon K Williams, Grandmaster from England, has 612 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simon K Williams most often opens with 1.c4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White327 games · +131 =114 −82 · 57%
As Black285 games · +89 =86 −110 · 46%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening53%172 games · scores 52% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%108 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening6%20 games · scores 45% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense76%141 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%38 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense90%63 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense7%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5
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