Rafat Issa's chess openings
IM🇯🇴 JordanFIDE 2310201 games
Rafat Issa, International Master from Jordan, has 201 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rafat Issa most often opens with 1.Nf3 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White100 games · +41 =34 −25 · 58%
As Black101 games · +35 =31 −35 · 50%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening47%47 games · scores 66% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening27%27 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening17%17 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense51%20 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense18%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense13%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense85%41 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d66%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game4%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
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