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Ihor Samunenkov's openings as White and Black
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Ihor Samunenkov's most played openings in 300 recent Chess.com blitz games: as White vs Sicilian Defense (42 games, 68% score); Sicilian Defense as Black (57 games, 60% score).
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Key findings
As White
Where Ihor Samunenkov scores below ratings
Where Ihor Samunenkov scores best
As Black
Where Ihor Samunenkov scores below ratings
Where Ihor Samunenkov scores best
Games
300
Blitz
Score
64%
win = 1, draw = ½
As White
150
65% score
As Black
150
63% score
Rating
3209
Blitz
As White
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
42
68%
27/3/12
3066
3208
31
63%
18/3/10
3080
3183
23
61%
12/4/7
3071
3157
15
57%
8/1/6
3044
3097
13
69%
9/0/4
3003
3156
9
50%
4/1/4
3059
3059
3
33%
1/0/2
3053
2919
As Black
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
57
60%
32/4/21
3050
3127
13
65%
7/3/3
3052
3175
11
59%
5/3/3
3009
3081
7
71%
5/0/2
3039
3210
6
67%
4/0/2
3046
3179
6
58%
3/1/2
3089
3155
6
83%
5/0/1
3039
3305
5
50%
2/1/2
3148
3148
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. Ihor Samunenkov on Chess.com
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