Leonid Sandler's chess openings
IM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 2227232 games
Leonid Sandler, International Master from Australia, has 232 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Leonid Sandler most often opens with 1.e4 (29% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White115 games · +41 =49 −25 · 57%
As Black117 games · +42 =35 −40 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening29%33 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.c4 English Opening29%33 games · scores 56% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Bg4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening22%25 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense93%62 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense6%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense69%27 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense10%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c5
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