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Ilya Gurevich's chess openings

GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2586259 games

Ilya Gurevich, Grandmaster from United States, has 259 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilya Gurevich most often opens with 1.e4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White146 games · +66 =52 −28 · 63%
As Black113 games · +49 =30 −34 · 57%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%
    144 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense91%
    51 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game7%
    4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  3. 1...e6 French Defense2%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense95%
    37 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense3%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game3%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6

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