Alexander Sotsky's chess openings
IM🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 2317131 games
Alexander Sotsky, International Master from Israel, has 131 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Sotsky most often opens with 1.d4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White70 games · +16 =12 −42 · 31%
As Black61 games · +15 =8 −38 · 31%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening87%61 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bh4 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense88%28 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game6%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense6%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game55%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 f5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense40%8 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense5%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 e6
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