Gerald Moore's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 1975156 games
Gerald Moore, from England, has 156 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gerald Moore most often opens with 1.Nf3 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White81 games · +30 =28 −23 · 54%
As Black75 games · +16 =24 −35 · 37%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening69%55 games · scores 55% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening19%15 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening10%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense68%27 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 Nc6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense23%9 games · scores 22% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense42%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c4 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense35%11 games · scores 23% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense16%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5
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