Rafail Farakhov's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 239487 games
Rafail Farakhov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 87 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rafail Farakhov most often opens with 1.e4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White44 games · +12 =26 −6 · 57%
As Black43 games · +11 =14 −18 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening75%33 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening16%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening9%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game45%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense41%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense14%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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