Zdravko Zelic's chess openings
IM🇭🇷 CroatiaFIDE 2281170 games
Zdravko Zelic, International Master from Croatia, has 170 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Zdravko Zelic most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White93 games · +19 =53 −21 · 49%
As Black77 games · +16 =33 −28 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%91 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense59%22 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game22%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense11%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense89%25 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense7%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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