Gillan Bwalya's chess openings
IM🇿🇲 ZambiaFIDE 2307165 games
Gillan Bwalya, International Master from Zambia, has 165 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gillan Bwalya most often opens with 1.d4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White84 games · +37 =17 −30 · 54%
As Black81 games · +43 =14 −24 · 62%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening70%57 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening29%24 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense61%19 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game39%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense87%26 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense7%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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