Samsonkin, A's chess openings
IM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2366951 games
Samsonkin, A, International Master from Canada, has 951 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Samsonkin, A most often opens with 1.e4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White487 games · +271 =65 −151 · 62%
As Black464 games · +239 =77 −148 · 60%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening88%428 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%49 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense55%120 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense22%47 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%19 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense74%117 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%34 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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