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George Shainswit's chess openings

Peak rating 220591 games

George Shainswit has 91 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, George Shainswit most often opens with 1.d4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White38 games · +7 =21 −10 · 46%
As Black53 games · +9 =26 −18 · 42%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening74%
    28 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%
    6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
  3. 1.c4 English Opening8%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e3 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense36%
    10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense29%
    8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense18%
    5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game57%
    13 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense39%
    9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5

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