Gord Morrell's chess openings
🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 205180 games
Gord Morrell, from New Zealand, has 80 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gord Morrell most often opens with 1.d4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White42 games · +14 =21 −7 · 58%
As Black38 games · +10 =19 −9 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening52%22 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening31%13 games · scores 65% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening17%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense65%15 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense13%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense13%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense22%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4
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