Efim P Geller's chess openings
Peak rating 26302,198 games
Efim P Geller has 2,198 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Efim P Geller most often opens with 1.e4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,104 games · +472 =488 −144 · 65%
As Black1,094 games · +319 =581 −194 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening60%661 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening21%231 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%123 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game61%285 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense36%168 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense3%16 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense68%309 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game30%137 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 exd5
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