Rafe Martyn's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2210194 games
Rafe Martyn, FIDE Master from England, has 194 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rafe Martyn most often opens with 1.d4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White86 games · +35 =25 −26 · 55%
As Black108 games · +34 =29 −45 · 45%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening74%64 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening26%22 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense45%25 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense29%16 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense14%8 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%22 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4
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