Boris Gelfand's chess openings
GM🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 26414,188 games
Boris Gelfand, Grandmaster from Israel, has 4,188 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Boris Gelfand most often opens with 1.d4 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White2,102 games · +746 =1,011 −345 · 60%
As Black2,086 games · +516 =1,108 −462 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening68%1,403 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%403 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening7%154 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense77%728 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game20%185 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense3%26 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%590 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game24%188 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d60%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 Nd7
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