GMAvital Boruchovsky
ISR · FIDE ID 2800055 · 181 tournament games since 2021
Standard
2534
#9 in ISR (active)
Rapid
2439
#22 in ISR (active)
Blitz
2457
#18 in ISR (active)
Score
59%
71 W · 71 D · 39 L
Opp. avg
2456
Last 50 games
Last game
2026-09-27
46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 | Open | Matches 13-37
Prep summary
- As White: 1.e4 in 46% of games (scores 63%), otherwise 1.d4 (32%).
- Against 1.e4: 1...c5 in 26 of 46 games (Sicilian Defense), scoring 63%.
- Against 1.d4: 1...Nf6 in 30 of 37 games (Indian Defense), scoring 55%.
- Weak spot: Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack as Black, only 40% in 5 games.
- By opponent strength: 35% against higher-rated players, 73% against lower-rated.
- By colour: 68% with White, 51% with Black.
Based on 181 over-the-board games (40 classical · 17 rapid). 85 with White (68%), 96 with Black (51%).
Openings as White
First move
| 1.e4 | 39 | 63% |
| 1.d4 | 27 | 74% |
| 1.Nf3 | 11 | 68% |
| 1.c4 | 8 | 69% |
Most played
| Opening | Games | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation | 4 | 63% |
| Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line | 3 | 83% |
| Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation | 3 | 67% |
| King's Indian Attack | 3 | 50% |
| Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Main Line | 2 | 25% |
Openings as Black
Against 1.e4 (46 games)
| 1...c5 Sicilian Defense | 26 | 63% |
| 1...e5 King's Pawn Game | 16 | 38% |
| 1...e6 French Defense | 4 | 38% |
Against 1.d4 (37 games)
| 1...Nf6 Indian Defense | 30 | 55% |
| 1...d5 Queen's Pawn Game | 7 | 36% |
Most played
| Opening | Games | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation | 7 | 43% |
| Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack | 5 | 40% |
| Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian | 3 | 67% |
| Sicilian Defense: Kalashnikov Variation | 3 | 67% |
| Ruy Lopez: Closed, Martinez Variation | 3 | 17% |
Recent games
| Date | Opponent and event | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-27 | Peter Michalik (2543) 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 | Open | Matches 13-37 | ½ |
| 2026-09-26 | Bakhrom Bakhrillaev (2412) 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 | Open | Matches 13-37 | W |
| 2026-09-23 | Anton Zlatkov (2422) 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 | Open | Matches 13-37 | ½ |
| 2026-09-21 | Jagadeesh Siddharth (2497) 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 | Open | Matches 13-37 | W |
| 2026-09-19 | Benjamin Gledura (2620) 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 | Open | Matches 1-12 | L |
| 2026-09-17 | Dritan Mehmeti (2312) 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 | Open | Matches 13-37 | W |
| 2026-07-22 | Pa Iniyan (2581) DOLE Open Aix-en-Provence 2026 | L |
| 2026-07-20 | Pawel Sowinski (2473) DOLE Open Aix-en-Provence 2026 | ½ |
| 2026-06-19 | Victor Mikhalevski (2487) Israel National Team Championship | Top Playoff | ½ |
| 2026-06-16 | Emil Sutovsky (2602) Israel National Team Championship | Top Playoff | W |
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