Samuel Shankland's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 26462,759 games
Samuel Shankland, Grandmaster from United States, has 2,759 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Samuel Shankland most often opens with 1.d4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White1,380 games · +655 =424 −301 · 63%
As Black1,379 games · +544 =463 −372 · 56%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening40%537 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening35%473 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening19%256 games · scores 66% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense64%391 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game16%97 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%84 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%208 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense49%202 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense0%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5
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