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Rafael Sabirov's chess openings

Peak rating 211915 games

Rafael Sabirov has 15 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rafael Sabirov most often opens with 1.e4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White8 games · +4 =0 −4 · 50%
As Black7 games · +3 =3 −1 · 64%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening88%
    7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game67%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5

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