Gostev, S's chess openings
FM🇲🇩 MoldovaFIDE 2246222 games
Gostev, S, FIDE Master from Moldova, has 222 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gostev, S most often opens with 1.c4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White114 games · +51 =5 −58 · 47%
As Black108 games · +43 =5 −60 · 42%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening50%57 games · scores 41% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening29%33 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening16%18 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense46%22 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense23%11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game13%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game58%19 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense21%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense21%7 games · scores 14% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
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