Robert Safin's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2128557 games
Robert Safin, FIDE Master from Russia, has 557 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Robert Safin most often opens with 1.d4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White276 games · +129 =24 −123 · 51%
As Black281 games · +110 =39 −132 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening70%191 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%69 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening2%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense69%75 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%15 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense8%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense89%97 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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