Samuel Zhang's chess openings
🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2123160 games
Samuel Zhang, from Canada, has 160 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Samuel Zhang most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White79 games · +40 =8 −31 · 56%
As Black81 games · +28 =10 −43 · 41%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%79 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense96%48 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%14 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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