Gormally, D's chess openings
GM🏴 EnglandFIDE 23821,791 games
Gormally, D, Grandmaster from England, has 1,791 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gormally, D most often opens with 1.d4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White898 games · +480 =297 −121 · 70%
As Black893 games · +373 =340 −180 · 61%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening59%526 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening38%338 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%15 games · scores 83% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense85%351 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game5%21 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%13 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%250 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%43 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
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