Rafic Barakat's chess openings
🇱🇧 LebanonFIDE 190369 games
Rafic Barakat, from Lebanon, has 69 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rafic Barakat most often opens with 1.e4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White33 games · +18 =4 −11 · 61%
As Black36 games · +9 =3 −24 · 29%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening75%24 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening16%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.d4 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense35%9 games · scores 11% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense31%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game19%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense63%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense13%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 d6
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