Gofshtein, Z's chess openings
Peak rating 2545167 games
Gofshtein, Z has 167 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gofshtein, Z most often opens with 1.d4 (46% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White87 games · +45 =26 −16 · 67%
As Black80 games · +37 =25 −18 · 62%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening46%40 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening32%28 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Bb4+
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense32%14 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game23%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense20%9 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%22 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 g6 3.h4 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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