Vitaly Gurvich's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2251719 games
Vitaly Gurvich, FIDE Master from Russia, has 719 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vitaly Gurvich most often opens with 1.d4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White364 games · +168 =70 −126 · 56%
As Black355 games · +129 =52 −174 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening40%143 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening37%132 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening14%49 games · scores 56% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense47%70 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense39%57 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense7%11 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense79%114 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%28 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
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