Samar Dayal's chess openings
CM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2227316 games
Samar Dayal, Candidate Master from England, has 316 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Samar Dayal most often opens with 1.e4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White155 games · +80 =9 −66 · 55%
As Black161 games · +48 =18 −95 · 35%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening87%133 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.c4 English Opening11%17 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense72%58 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game25%20 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.f4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game60%28 games · scores 23% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense34%16 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.h4 Bg7 3.h5 c5
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