Josef Gelman's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 207233 games
Josef Gelman, from Germany, has 33 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Josef Gelman most often opens with 1.d4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White15 games · +0 =7 −8 · 23%
As Black18 games · +3 =4 −11 · 28%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening67%10 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense60%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e6 French Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense20%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5
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