Michael Oratovsky's chess openings
GM🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 2350744 games
Michael Oratovsky, Grandmaster from Israel, has 744 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael Oratovsky most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d6.
As White401 games · +158 =178 −65 · 62%
As Black343 games · +103 =159 −81 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%377 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%11 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening2%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense69%116 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense28%47 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...e5 Open Game2%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d667%78 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense28%33 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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