James Gardner's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 193015 games
James Gardner, from England, has 15 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James Gardner most often opens with 1.d4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White7 games · +3 =3 −1 · 64%
As Black8 games · +2 =1 −5 · 31%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening86%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game60%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense40%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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