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ID: 2009196

Isay G Golyak

FIDE ratings

2,189Classical

Performance

50 games
38% Win
54% Draw
8% Loss

Isay G Golyak's playing style

Strong overall score:65%19W 27D 4L over 50 games
Dominates 1.e4 as White:75%in 20 games
Steady recent form:63%7W 11D 2L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:54%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Advance Variation, Nimzowitsch System has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

French Defense: Advance Variation, Nimzowitsch System
100%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with d6
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Old Indian Defense has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Old Indian Defense
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian
100%
3g
Old Indian Defense: Ukrainian Variation
100%
2g
Old Indian Defense: Two Knights Variation
100%
2g
East Indian Defense
100%
2g

Repertoire

26 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

26 games in this line · White to move

Results for Golyak, Isay G as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
46%
54%
Move
20 · 77%
50%
50%
4 · 15%
50%
50%
2 · 8%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 17, 2005
OTB - Codekiddy
Jeff Rubenstein(1878)
W—
Sep 3, 2001
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Buehl, Walter M.
W—
Sep 3, 2001
OTB - PGNMentor
Polyak, Pavel
D—
Sep 3, 2001
OTB - PGNMentor
Buehl, Walter M.(2081)
W—
Sep 3, 2001
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Polyak, Pavel
D—
Sep 2, 2001
OTB - PGNMentor
Almeida, Sergio Ribeiro De(1749)
W—
Sep 2, 2001
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Sando H. Taylor(2230)
D—
Sep 2, 2001
OTB - PGNMentor
Taylor, Steven(1822)
D—
Sep 2, 2001
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Almeida, Sergio Ribeiro De
W—
Sep 1, 2001
OTB - Codekiddy
WFMLevina, Anna(2088)
D—

Research Isay G Golyak’s games and opening repertoire

FM Isay G Golyak is rated 2189 in standard by FIDE. Isay G Golyak plays for United States.

Isay G Golyak has FIDE ID 2009196.

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