Tal Baron's chess openings
GM🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 2371786 games
Tal Baron, Grandmaster from Israel, has 786 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Tal Baron most often opens with 1.e4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White410 games · +194 =135 −81 · 64%
As Black376 games · +114 =139 −123 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening52%215 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening39%160 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%31 games · scores 69% · main line 1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense49%74 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game30%45 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense20%30 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%104 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%20 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
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