Stephen J Gordon's chess openings
GM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2406690 games
Stephen J Gordon, Grandmaster from England, has 690 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stephen J Gordon most often opens with 1.d4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White344 games · +162 =131 −51 · 66%
As Black346 games · +141 =132 −73 · 60%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening54%186 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening24%81 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening22%74 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense99%144 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense93%139 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 d5
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