Gary Basanta's chess openings
FM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 232472 games
Gary Basanta, FIDE Master from Canada, has 72 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gary Basanta most often opens with 1.e4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...c5.
As White38 games · +20 =10 −8 · 66%
As Black34 games · +12 =5 −17 · 43%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening92%35 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c4 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense64%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 b5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense36%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 e6
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