Samdanov, S's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2294962 games
Samdanov, S, FIDE Master from Russia, has 962 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Samdanov, S most often opens with 1.d4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White476 games · +230 =36 −210 · 52%
As Black486 games · +175 =31 −280 · 39%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening96%451 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening1%7 games · scores 86% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening1%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense63%136 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game33%72 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense82%127 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game16%24 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 Nf6
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