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D Rafael Alvarez Ibarra's chess openings

Peak rating 2445220 games

D Rafael Alvarez Ibarra has 220 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, D Rafael Alvarez Ibarra most often opens with 1.d4 (46% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White106 games · +32 =62 −12 · 59%
As Black114 games · +31 =55 −28 · 51%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening46%
    49 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening34%
    36 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening12%
    13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game45%
    25 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...e6 French Defense25%
    14 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense20%
    11 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%
    22 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
  2. 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense18%
    6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 b5
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game15%
    5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6

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