Edward Rains's chess openings
CM🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 2007187 games
Edward Rains, Candidate Master from New Zealand, has 187 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Edward Rains most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White97 games · +53 =16 −28 · 63%
As Black90 games · +40 =17 −33 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%92 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense59%26 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense25%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game41%13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense41%13 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense13%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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