Rafael Palathingal's chess openings
CM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2095341 games
Rafael Palathingal, Candidate Master from United States, has 341 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rafael Palathingal most often opens with 1.d4 (32% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White179 games · +91 =25 −63 · 58%
As Black162 games · +56 =16 −90 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening32%58 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening24%43 games · scores 59% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening21%37 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game50%41 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense22%18 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%8 games · scores 19% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%27 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game27%12 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
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