Boris F Gulko's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 25421,457 games
Boris F Gulko, Grandmaster from United States, has 1,457 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Boris F Gulko most often opens with 1.d4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White736 games · +292 =377 −67 · 65%
As Black721 games · +180 =379 −162 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening52%381 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening32%237 games · scores 65% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%60 games · scores 65% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense34%121 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense32%114 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game14%50 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense70%172 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense11%26 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%25 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6
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