Manfred Raffalt's chess openings
Peak rating 2370127 games
Manfred Raffalt has 127 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Manfred Raffalt most often opens with 1.d4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White57 games · +15 =21 −21 · 45%
As Black70 games · +11 =28 −31 · 36%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening63%36 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening26%15 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening7%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.d3 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense64%28 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game18%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense14%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game40%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense20%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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