Rafail Antoniou's chess openings
FM🇨🇾 CyprusFIDE 22091,175 games
Rafail Antoniou, FIDE Master from Cyprus, has 1,175 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rafail Antoniou most often opens with 1.c4 (31% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White598 games · +303 =78 −217 · 57%
As Black577 games · +244 =67 −266 · 48%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening31%175 games · scores 43% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening28%154 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%79 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.cxd5 exd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense87%254 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense3%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%6 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game52%85 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense23%38 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 b5 3.e4 a6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense11%18 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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