Vitaly F Zaltsman's chess openings
IM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2445138 games
Vitaly F Zaltsman, International Master from United States, has 138 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vitaly F Zaltsman most often opens with 1.d4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White64 games · +19 =25 −20 · 49%
As Black74 games · +15 =26 −33 · 38%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening75%48 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening17%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense97%32 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game63%17 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense37%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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