Caleb Samuel's chess openings
CM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 185919 games
Caleb Samuel, Candidate Master from South Africa, has 19 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Caleb Samuel most often opens with 1.d4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White9 games · +1 =1 −7 · 17%
As Black10 games · +1 =2 −7 · 20%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening50%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening38%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 Qc7
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 h6
- 1...d5 Closed Game40%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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