Michael A Rahal's chess openings
IM🇪🇸 SpainFIDE 2293421 games
Michael A Rahal, International Master from Spain, has 421 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael A Rahal most often opens with 1.e4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White231 games · +88 =103 −40 · 60%
As Black190 games · +55 =79 −56 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening87%201 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%22 games · scores 59% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense73%80 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense14%15 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense61%30 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense22%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
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