Samuel Malka's chess openings
FM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2245442 games
Samuel Malka, FIDE Master from France, has 442 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Samuel Malka 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 White222 games · +90 =37 −95 · 49%
As Black220 games · +69 =38 −113 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening78%172 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening12%27 games · scores 54% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening6%14 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense62%71 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game35%40 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense3%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%44 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%15 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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