Akiba Rubinstein's chess openings
🇺🇾 Uruguay797 games
Akiba Rubinstein, from Uruguay, has 797 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Akiba Rubinstein most often opens with 1.d4 (81% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White398 games · +222 =121 −55 · 71%
As Black399 games · +163 =152 −84 · 60%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening81%322 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening9%34 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6
- 1.c4 English Opening8%33 games · scores 85% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game74%170 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense17%40 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense6%14 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game96%135 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense3%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
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