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Gunnar James Andersen's chess openings

FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2274226 games

Gunnar James Andersen, FIDE Master from United States, has 226 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gunnar James Andersen most often opens with 1.e4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White117 games · +41 =33 −43 · 49%
As Black109 games · +29 =34 −46 · 42%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening60%
    70 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening23%
    27 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 a6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%
    18 games · scores 53% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense91%
    59 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense9%
    6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense91%
    31 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game6%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.e3 e5
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense3%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5

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