Riff, JN's chess openings
GM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2419938 games
Riff, JN, Grandmaster from France, has 938 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Riff, JN most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White498 games · +224 =209 −65 · 66%
As Black440 games · +141 =186 −113 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%487 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 b6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense66%135 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game26%54 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense7%15 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense79%124 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense11%17 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%15 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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