Gareth Charles's chess openings
20 games
Gareth Charles has 20 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gareth Charles most often opens with 1.e4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White9 games · +4 =2 −3 · 56%
As Black11 games · +2 =4 −5 · 36%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening67%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening11%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nxe4 e5
- 1.c4 English Opening11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 d6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 f5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game80%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 c6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense60%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.cxd5 Qxd5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense20%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.e3 b6
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