Ihor Samunenkov's chess openings
GM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 26073,043 games
Ihor Samunenkov, Grandmaster from Ukraine, has 3,043 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ihor Samunenkov most often opens with 1.d4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,516 games · +880 =259 −377 · 67%
As Black1,527 games · +769 =292 −466 · 60%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening60%863 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening38%554 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%15 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.Bb2 Nd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense44%312 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense37%265 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game18%132 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense57%295 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game42%219 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
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