Daniel W Gormally's chess openings
GM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2382272 games
Daniel W Gormally, Grandmaster from England, has 272 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Daniel W Gormally most often opens with 1.d4 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White133 games · +60 =60 −13 · 68%
As Black139 games · +46 =64 −29 · 56%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening68%91 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening30%40 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense92%70 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e6 French Defense3%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense79%33 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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