Mark Rich's chess openings
CM🏴 EnglandFIDE 204037 games
Mark Rich, Candidate Master from England, has 37 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mark Rich 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...f5.
As White20 games · +5 =5 −10 · 38%
As Black17 games · +3 =8 −6 · 41%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%19 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.e4 cxd4 3.c3 d3
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense88%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense13%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense43%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense29%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Be3 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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