Ifan Rathbone-Jones's chess openings
CM🏴 WalesFIDE 2148204 games
Ifan Rathbone-Jones, Candidate Master from Wales, has 204 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ifan Rathbone-Jones most often opens with 1.d4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White110 games · +39 =23 −48 · 46%
As Black94 games · +18 =26 −50 · 33%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening85%93 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense49%21 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense26%11 games · scores 5% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense16%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game39%13 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense12%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.c4 Nf6
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