Ralf Akesson's chess openings
GM🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 23152,164 games
Ralf Akesson, Grandmaster from Sweden, has 2,164 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ralf Akesson most often opens with 1.d4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,049 games · +501 =344 −204 · 64%
As Black1,115 games · +438 =354 −323 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening55%578 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening35%372 games · scores 66% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening9%93 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%334 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense32%179 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense7%40 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%335 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%21 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%15 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nf6
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