Rafael Dong's chess openings
🇵🇹 PortugalFIDE 170774 games
Rafael Dong, from Portugal, has 74 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rafael Dong most often opens with 1.c4 (82% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White34 games · +15 =6 −13 · 53%
As Black40 games · +5 =4 −31 · 18%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening82%28 games · scores 48% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening12%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.Bf4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense75%12 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense25%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense61%11 games · scores 23% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Be7
- 1...d5 Closed Game39%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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