Samuel Copeland's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2074144 games
Samuel Copeland, from United States, has 144 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Samuel Copeland most often opens with 1.e4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nf6, the Alekhine's Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White69 games · +27 =3 −39 · 41%
As Black75 games · +21 =7 −47 · 33%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening69%47 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening31%21 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense63%22 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense37%13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game67%14 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.cxd5 Qxd5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense29%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 d5
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