Boris Alterman's chess openings
GM🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 2608556 games
Boris Alterman, Grandmaster from Israel, has 556 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Boris Alterman most often opens with 1.d4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White297 games · +124 =137 −36 · 65%
As Black259 games · +69 =140 −50 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening77%228 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening16%46 games · scores 72% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%20 games · scores 73% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense76%105 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game14%20 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 French Defense3%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense95%82 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6
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