Rick Lahaye's chess openings
Peak rating 243926 games
Rick Lahaye has 26 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rick Lahaye most often opens with 1.c4 (33% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White12 games · +5 =5 −2 · 63%
As Black14 games · +8 =3 −3 · 68%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening33%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening25%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bf5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening17%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense80%8 games · scores 81% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game10%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
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