Sam Barsky's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 193017 games
Sam Barsky, from United States, has 17 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sam Barsky most often opens with 1.d4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White9 games · +1 =0 −8 · 11%
As Black8 games · +3 =0 −5 · 38%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening78%7 games · scores 14% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening22%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 f5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...e6 French Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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