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Samartsev, A's chess openings

IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 209736 games

Samartsev, A, International Master from Russia, has 36 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Samartsev, A most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White16 games · +6 =1 −9 · 41%
As Black20 games · +6 =3 −11 · 38%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%
    15 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense91%
    10 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
  2. 1...e5 Open Game9%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game100%
    6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4

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