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Marat I Gilfanov's chess openings

FMFIDE 2295534 games

Marat I Gilfanov, FIDE Master, has 534 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marat I Gilfanov most often opens with 1.e4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White278 games · +150 =29 −99 · 59%
As Black256 games · +112 =38 −106 · 51%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening83%
    227 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening15%
    42 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
  3. 1.c4 English Opening1%
    4 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense48%
    56 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense29%
    34 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...e5 Open Game17%
    20 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense51%
    43 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game45%
    38 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6

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