Vitali Golod's chess openings
GM🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 24761,105 games
Vitali Golod, Grandmaster from Israel, has 1,105 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vitali Golod most often opens with 1.d4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White552 games · +240 =264 −48 · 67%
As Black553 games · +211 =243 −99 · 60%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening84%464 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening10%56 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.c4 English Opening3%17 games · scores 56% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game54%153 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense41%116 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense2%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%145 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game22%41 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6
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