Bator Sambuev's chess openings
GM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2441919 games
Bator Sambuev, Grandmaster from Canada, has 919 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bator Sambuev most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White453 games · +271 =100 −82 · 71%
As Black466 games · +227 =131 −108 · 63%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%251 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening26%117 games · scores 71% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening12%56 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense46%105 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game33%77 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense8%18 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense53%83 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense22%35 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game16%25 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6
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