Sam Coates's chess openings
🏴 ScotlandFIDE 190849 games
Sam Coates, from Scotland, has 49 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sam Coates most often opens with 1.c4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White24 games · +8 =4 −12 · 42%
As Black25 games · +3 =6 −16 · 24%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening67%16 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening29%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense67%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
- 1...e6 French Defense17%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game79%11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense14%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 Nf6
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