Gata Kamsky's chess openings
GM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 25927,088 games
Gata Kamsky, Grandmaster from France, has 7,088 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gata Kamsky most often opens with 1.d4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White3,512 games · +1,987 =1,029 −496 · 71%
As Black3,576 games · +1,559 =1,234 −783 · 61%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening50%1,620 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening47%1,514 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%39 games · scores 79% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense45%686 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game39%606 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense6%95 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%514 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game35%421 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense20%242 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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