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Samvel Ter-Sahakyan's chess openings

GM🇦🇲 ArmeniaFIDE 2613461 games

Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Grandmaster from Armenia, has 461 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan most often opens with 1.e4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White225 games · +85 =96 −44 · 59%
As Black236 games · +73 =110 −53 · 54%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening69%
    156 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening29%
    66 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1.c4 English Opening1%
    2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense91%
    81 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game8%
    7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense96%
    102 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game3%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.Nf3 Bd6
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4

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