Jonathan D Sarfati's chess openings
FM🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 2251153 games
Jonathan D Sarfati, FIDE Master from New Zealand, has 153 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jonathan D Sarfati most often opens with 1.d4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White75 games · +27 =34 −14 · 59%
As Black78 games · +16 =41 −21 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening52%39 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening43%32 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game100%40 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense96%22 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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