Nelson Gamboa's chess openings
IM🇨🇴 ColombiaFIDE 2263230 games
Nelson Gamboa, International Master from Colombia, has 230 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nelson Gamboa most often opens with 1.e4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White116 games · +53 =27 −36 · 57%
As Black114 games · +49 =23 −42 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening57%66 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening36%42 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening4%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense90%62 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense70%21 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense17%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6
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