Gary McNamara's chess openings
FM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 206160 games
Gary McNamara, FIDE Master from Australia, has 60 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gary McNamara most often opens with 1.e4 (37% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White28 games · +10 =10 −8 · 54%
As Black32 games · +6 =7 −19 · 30%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening37%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening26%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening22%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e5 Open Game13%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense64%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense27%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 g6 3.c4 Bg7
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