Richard Rapport's chess openings
GM🇭🇺 HungaryFIDE 27112,486 games
Richard Rapport, Grandmaster from Hungary, has 2,486 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Richard Rapport most often opens with 1.e4 (43% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,262 games · +567 =472 −223 · 64%
As Black1,224 games · +423 =491 −310 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening43%470 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening25%267 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening18%191 games · scores 59% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense35%186 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense20%104 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game20%104 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense56%262 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%80 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense16%75 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5
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