Alexander Goloshchapov's chess openings
GM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 2578617 games
Alexander Goloshchapov, Grandmaster from Ukraine, has 617 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Goloshchapov most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White343 games · +155 =135 −53 · 65%
As Black274 games · +91 =127 −56 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%288 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%46 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening1%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense59%82 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense34%47 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game3%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game59%45 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%25 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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