Alexander Gelman's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 24223,034 games
Alexander Gelman, International Master from Germany, has 3,034 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Gelman most often opens with 1.d4 (81% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,539 games · +867 =114 −558 · 60%
As Black1,495 games · +723 =111 −661 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening81%1,242 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening14%220 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening4%61 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense81%564 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense6%44 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...e5 Open Game5%34 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense84%393 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense13%60 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 b5
- 1...d63%14 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
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