Marcus Gosling's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 191353 games
Marcus Gosling, from England, has 53 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marcus Gosling most often opens with 1.Nf3 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White25 games · +10 =7 −8 · 54%
As Black28 games · +6 =9 −13 · 38%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening54%13 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening29%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 Ne4
- 1.c4 English Opening8%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense48%11 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense35%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense17%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense67%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5
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