Samuel Tinsley's chess openings
45 games
Samuel Tinsley has 45 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Samuel Tinsley most often opens with 1.d4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White18 games · +4 =3 −11 · 31%
As Black27 games · +7 =1 −19 · 28%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening83%15 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening11%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nc3 d5 2.e3 e5 3.Nce2 Bd6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense60%12 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game15%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense15%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game60%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 b6 3.Bd3 Bb7
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