Safal Bora's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2511287 games
Safal Bora, Grandmaster from United States, has 287 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Safal Bora most often opens with 1.Nf3 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White148 games · +61 =58 −29 · 61%
As Black139 games · +66 =34 −39 · 60%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening57%84 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening18%26 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening16%23 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense56%32 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game28%16 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense11%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%34 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 Nf6
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