Raymond Kaufman's chess openings
IM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2248859 games
Raymond Kaufman, International Master from Canada, has 859 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Raymond Kaufman most often opens with 1.d4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White420 games · +173 =76 −171 · 50%
As Black439 games · +166 =82 −191 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening54%227 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening35%146 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%26 games · scores 46% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%85 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game30%64 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense13%29 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense79%107 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%23 games · scores 26% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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