Dov Gorman's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 220674 games
Dov Gorman, FIDE Master from United States, has 74 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Dov Gorman most often opens with 1.e4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White34 games · +14 =8 −12 · 53%
As Black40 games · +13 =6 −21 · 40%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening50%17 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening24%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 f5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening18%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense86%19 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense9%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game58%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
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