Rafael Sabirov's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 214771 games
Rafael Sabirov, from Germany, has 71 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rafael Sabirov most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White35 games · +13 =10 −12 · 51%
As Black36 games · +11 =13 −12 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%30 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%22 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game91%10 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 b5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense9%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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