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Sam Sevian's openings
Chess.com· GM· Rank 24· 🇺🇸·
Sam Sevian's most played openings in 300 recent Chess.com blitz games: as White vs Sicilian Defense (32 games, 77% score); Sicilian Defense as Black (26 games, 73% score).
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Key findings
As White
Where Sam Sevian scores below ratings
Where Sam Sevian scores best
As Black
Where Sam Sevian scores below ratings
Where Sam Sevian scores best
Games
300
Blitz
Score
74%
win = 1, draw = ½
As White
150
75% score
As Black
150
73% score
Rating
3234
Blitz
As White
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
32
77%
23/3/6
2933
3145
18
56%
10/0/8
3044
3088
12
92%
11/0/1
2971
3304
10
55%
4/3/3
3017
3057
9
72%
6/1/2
2935
3112
8
56%
4/1/3
2994
3044
6
67%
3/2/1
3057
3190
5
100%
5/0/0
2932
3332
As Black
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
26
73%
18/2/6
2971
3155
12
83%
9/2/1
3035
3301
11
73%
8/0/3
3005
3186
10
60%
6/0/4
2984
3064
8
88%
7/0/1
2974
3274
7
71%
5/0/2
2973
3144
6
100%
6/0/0
2970
3370
6
92%
5/1/0
3015
3348
How these numbers work
- Score: a win counts 1 and a draw ½, divided by the games played in that opening.
- Expected score (“ratings predict”): what the Elo formula predicts from both players' ratings in those games. A score more than 5 percentage points above it is green, more than 5 below is red, anything in between is on par.
- Performance (Perf): the average opponent rating + 800 × (score − 50%), a simple linear estimate; the average opponent is shown beside it.
- Sample size: key findings use openings with 5 or more games. How much to trust this score: fewer than 10 games is a small sample and only a hint, 10 to 29 is a medium sample, 30 or more is a solid sample.
- Games: finished Chess.com games, up to 150 as White and 150 as Black, grouped by opening and time control.
Data: Chess.com public API. Sam Sevian on Chess.com
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