Francesco Sonis's chess openings
GM🇮🇹 ItalyFIDE 25471,955 games
Francesco Sonis, Grandmaster from Italy, has 1,955 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Francesco Sonis most often opens with 1.d4 (43% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White988 games · +544 =223 −221 · 66%
As Black967 games · +441 =222 −304 · 57%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening43%352 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening24%199 games · scores 66% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening16%133 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game44%188 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%123 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense11%45 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%244 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game16%48 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
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