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Robert Zelcic's chess openings

GM🇭🇷 CroatiaFIDE 24452,371 games

Robert Zelcic, Grandmaster from Croatia, has 2,371 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Robert Zelcic most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White1,277 games · +652 =405 −220 · 67%
As Black1,094 games · +474 =383 −237 · 61%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%
    1,223 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%
    24 games · scores 81% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 e6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%
    19 games · scores 61% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense60%
    322 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
  2. 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense19%
    105 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
  3. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense9%
    46 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%
    306 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game8%
    29 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
  3. 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense3%
    10 games · scores 90% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e6 3.c4 exd5

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