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Raynier Claassen's chess openings

🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 204315 games

Raynier Claassen, from South Africa, has 15 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Raynier Claassen most often opens with 1.e4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White7 games · +4 =1 −2 · 64%
As Black8 games · +5 =0 −3 · 63%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening71%
    5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening29%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game33%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
  2. 1...d633%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 e5 3.dxe5 Nc6
  3. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7

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