Safarian, Al's chess openings
🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 187488 games
Safarian, Al, from Australia, has 88 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Safarian, Al most often opens with 1.d4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White48 games · +14 =7 −27 · 36%
As Black40 games · +11 =6 −23 · 35%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening98%46 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.e3 f5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense78%18 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense13%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%9 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
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