Timothy Rains's chess openings
CM🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 188540 games
Timothy Rains, Candidate Master from New Zealand, has 40 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Timothy Rains most often opens with 1.d4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White22 games · +8 =3 −11 · 43%
As Black18 games · +4 =2 −12 · 28%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening77%17 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening18%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1.b4 Polish Opening5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense29%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game29%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game75%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
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