Sam Schenk's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 194234 games
Sam Schenk, from United States, has 34 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sam Schenk most often opens with 1.d4 (72% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d6.
As White18 games · +8 =3 −7 · 53%
As Black16 games · +3 =3 −10 · 28%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening72%13 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening22%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense80%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d689%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1...Nc611%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.e4 Nf6
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