Safal Bora's chess openings
Peak rating 246052 games
Safal Bora has 52 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Safal Bora most often opens with 1.Nf3 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White27 games · +8 =16 −3 · 59%
As Black25 games · +12 =9 −4 · 66%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening44%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening37%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Bf4 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening15%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense71%10 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game29%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense33%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 Nf6
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