Gary Blum's chess openings
Peak rating 212810 games
Gary Blum has 10 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gary Blum most often opens with 1.d4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White8 games · +4 =2 −2 · 63%
As Black2 games · +1 =0 −1 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening50%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening13%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.e4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4
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