Zainab Alafoo's chess openings
WCM🇧🇭 BahrainFIDE 159044 games
Zainab Alafoo, Woman Candidate Master from Bahrain, has 44 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Zainab Alafoo most often opens with 1.d4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White21 games · +9 =5 −7 · 55%
As Black23 games · +8 =3 −12 · 41%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%18 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening10%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense32%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense32%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e6 French Defense21%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d5 3.Nd2 e6
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