Vitalijs Samolins's chess openings
IM🇱🇻 LatviaFIDE 2406221 games
Vitalijs Samolins, International Master from Latvia, has 221 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vitalijs Samolins most often opens with 1.e4 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White119 games · +49 =40 −30 · 58%
As Black102 games · +29 =38 −35 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening79%94 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening10%12 games · scores 67% · main line 1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e4 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening8%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 d5 3.c4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game93%50 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense68%23 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense18%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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