Raphael Felix's chess openings
FM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 2307346 games
Raphael Felix, FIDE Master from South Africa, has 346 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Raphael Felix most often opens with 1.e4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White171 games · +70 =29 −72 · 49%
As Black175 games · +65 =13 −97 · 41%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening80%136 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening15%26 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense93%68 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game3%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game77%48 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense19%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7
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