Flip Goldstern's chess openings
Peak rating 2411167 games
Flip Goldstern has 167 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Flip Goldstern 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 White91 games · +49 =18 −24 · 64%
As Black76 games · +27 =22 −27 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening46%42 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening27%25 games · scores 72% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening22%20 games · scores 43% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense62%21 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense18%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense12%4 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense91%30 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...d63%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5
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