Gerald Bonner's chess openings
🏴 ScotlandFIDE 213590 games
Gerald Bonner, from Scotland, has 90 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gerald Bonner most often opens with 1.e4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White43 games · +10 =25 −8 · 52%
As Black47 games · +10 =18 −19 · 40%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%32 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1.c4 English Opening19%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening7%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game48%15 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense45%14 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game38%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Nc3 e6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6
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