Valery I Zilberstein's chess openings
Peak rating 2470143 games
Valery I Zilberstein has 143 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valery I Zilberstein most often opens with 1.d4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White67 games · +19 =30 −18 · 51%
As Black76 games · +14 =32 −30 · 39%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening96%64 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening3%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Ba5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense89%33 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense5%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense96%23 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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