Rachel Lorna Smith's chess openings
🏴 ScotlandFIDE 177341 games
Rachel Lorna Smith, from Scotland, has 41 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rachel Lorna Smith most often opens with 1.Nf3 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White19 games · +5 =2 −12 · 32%
As Black22 games · +5 =4 −13 · 32%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening58%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening42%8 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Nf3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense53%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense40%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense60%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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