Samson Benen's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2288144 games
Samson Benen, FIDE Master from United States, has 144 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Samson Benen most often opens with 1.d4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White68 games · +27 =17 −24 · 52%
As Black76 games · +34 =12 −30 · 53%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening84%57 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening16%11 games · scores 73% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game80%32 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense10%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%23 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6
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