Ilya Gruzman's chess openings
CM🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 2208644 games
Ilya Gruzman, Candidate Master from Israel, has 644 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilya Gruzman most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White310 games · +92 =10 −208 · 31%
As Black334 games · +85 =21 −228 · 29%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%154 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%89 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.c4 English Opening7%19 games · scores 42% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense89%132 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game9%14 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense68%70 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game31%32 games · scores 23% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
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