Israel Gelfer's chess openings
FM🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 228031 games
Israel Gelfer, FIDE Master from Israel, has 31 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Israel Gelfer most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White16 games · +7 =3 −6 · 53%
As Black15 games · +4 =5 −6 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%9 games · scores 22% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening25%4 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense43%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game29%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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