Player profile

Gelfand, Boris

Standard: 2640 Rapid: 2624 Blitz: 2582 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 2805677 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: ISR Sex: M Birth Year: 1968 Age: 58
Title: GM Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 267 Wins: 71 (27%) Draws: 141 (53%) Losses: 55 (21%)
Dossier

254 of 267 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 93.3%
Opened Nf3: 48/81Opened d4: 31/81Opened c4: 2/81
Castled kingside: 145Same-side castling: 128Did not castle: 12Opposite-side castling: 9Castled queenside: 7
Fianchettoed kingside: 74Played on the queenside: 57Played in the center: 46Fianchettoed queenside: 36Played on the kingside: 36
Active pieces: 121Space advantage: 100Initiated exchanges: 98Backward pawn: 85Sacrificed material: 84Kept the bishop pair: 83Isolated pawn: 74Avoided exchanges: 36Missed tactics: 21Played gambits: 21
Openings

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As White 87 games 35W 37D 15L
English Opening 21 games 9W 6D 6L
Agincourt Defense 9 games 4W 3D 2L
Neo-Catalan Declined 4 games 3W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Catalan Defense Accepted 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Bogoljubow Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 6 games 3W 1D 2L
Anti-Benoni Variation, Spielmann Defense 5 games 2W 1D 2L
Three Knights Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anglo-Indian Defense 4 games 1W 1D 2L
Queen's Indian Formation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Anglo-Grünfeld Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Neo-Catalan 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Romanishin Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Catalan Opening 13 games 3W 9D 1L
Open Defense 9 games 2W 6D 1L
Classical Line 7 games 2W 4D 1L
Modern Sharp Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Closed 4 games 1W 3D 0L
(unspecified) 4 games 1W 3D 0L
King's Indian Attack 11 games 3W 6D 2L
(unspecified) 6 games 1W 3D 2L
(unspecified) 6 games 1W 3D 2L
Sicilian Variation 3 games 1W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Double Fianchetto 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Queen's Gambit Declined 7 games 3W 3D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 2W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Ragozin Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Alekhine Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Chigorin Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Albin Countergambit 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Normal Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Barmen Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Indian Defense 7 games 4W 2D 1L
Orthodox Variation 6 games 3W 2D 1L
(unspecified) 4 games 2W 1D 1L
Glek Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Normal Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Rare Defenses 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Zukertort Opening 5 games 5W 0D 0L
Queenside Fianchetto Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Queen's Gambit Invitation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Dutch Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Reversed Grünfeld 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Neo-Grünfeld Defense 4 games 1W 3D 0L
Classical Variation 4 games 1W 3D 0L
Original Defense 4 games 1W 3D 0L
Tarrasch Defense 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Classical Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
English Defense 3 games 1W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Queen's Pawn Game 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Krause Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Bogo-Indian Defense 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Retreat Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anti-Nimzo-Indian 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Gambit Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Steinitz Variation, Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Indian Attack, with Bf5 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Dutch Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Leningrad Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Warsaw Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Semi-Slav Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Meran Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Sicilian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Accelerated Dragon 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Maróczy Bind 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anti-Queen's Indian System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
As Black 90 games 19W 53D 18L
Sicilian Defense 27 games 6W 18D 3L
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 15 games 1W 11D 3L
(unspecified) 15 games 1W 11D 3L
Lasker-Pelikan Variation 6 games 1W 5D 0L
Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk Variation 5 games 1W 4D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Accelerated Dragon 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Modern Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Bc4 Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Closed 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Traditional 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Variations 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Main Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Alapin Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Stoltz Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Four Knights Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
English Opening 19 games 6W 7D 6L
Symmetrical Variation 16 games 5W 5D 6L
Three Knights, Fianchetto Variation 4 games 2W 1D 1L
Ultra-Symmetrical Variation 3 games 1W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Anti-Benoni Variation, Spielmann Defense 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Four Knights Variation 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Botvinnik System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's English Variation 3 games 1W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Semi-Slav Defense 9 games 2W 7D 0L
Chigorin Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Moscow Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Meran Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Wade Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Anti-Moscow Gambit 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Stoltz Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Normal Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 8 games 1W 4D 3L
Classical Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Noa Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Normal Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Botvinnik System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Three Knights Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Kmoch Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Reshevsky Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Sämisch Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Petrov's Defense 7 games 1W 4D 2L
Modern Attack 3 games 1W 0D 2L
Center Variation 3 games 1W 0D 2L
Nimzowitsch Attack 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Classical Attack 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Mason-Showalter Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 5 games 0W 3D 2L
London System 3 games 0W 2D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Colle System 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Rapport-Jobava System 3 games 1W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Indian Defense 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Anti-Nimzo-Indian 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Accelerated London System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Vienna Game 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Stanley Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Four Knights Game 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Scotch Variation Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Main Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Glek System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Caro-Kann Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Endgame Offer 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Tarrasch Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anderssen's Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Zukertort Opening 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Sicilian Invitation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Nimzo-Larsen Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Trompowsky Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Blunders Top 4 of 665

This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2023.04.24 · 42. Rd6 (−47.5% win chance) 0-1
Keymer, Vincent
Gelfand, Boris
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2023.04.24 · 44. e3 (−47.5% win chance) 0-1
Keymer, Vincent
Gelfand, Boris
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2023.04.24 · 51. Kd5 (−43.5% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Aronian, Levon
Gelfand, Boris
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2023.12.11 · 65. Kf3 (−43.2% win chance) 0-1
Abasov, Nijat
Gelfand, Boris
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