Rafal Szymczak's chess openings
🇵🇱 PolandFIDE 1934106 games
Rafal Szymczak, from Poland, has 106 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rafal Szymczak most often opens with 1.f4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White52 games · +10 =32 −10 · 50%
As Black54 games · +11 =29 −14 · 47%
As White
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening52%27 games · scores 52% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%17 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+
- 1.c4 English Opening8%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 Bb4+
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense78%18 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense17%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...e5 Open Game4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game65%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense18%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense12%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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