Raymond Gao's chess openings
CM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2070579 games
Raymond Gao, Candidate Master from Canada, has 579 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Raymond Gao most often opens with 1.e4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White294 games · +113 =28 −153 · 43%
As Black285 games · +77 =35 −173 · 33%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening52%152 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening23%68 games · scores 43% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7
- 1.a39%25 games · scores 68% · main line 1.a3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense73%95 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Na611%14 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 Na6 2.d4 c6 3.Nf3 Nc7
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense6%8 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense84%63 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game4%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense4%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6
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