Tom Balmond's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 189977 games
Tom Balmond, from England, has 77 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Tom Balmond most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White43 games · +12 =7 −24 · 36%
As Black34 games · +13 =4 −17 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%43 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game100%15 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%14 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
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