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Tom O'Gorman's chess openings

IM🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 2404860 games

Tom O'Gorman, International Master from Ireland, has 860 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Tom O'Gorman most often opens with 1.e4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White441 games · +218 =100 −123 · 61%
As Black419 games · +161 =84 −174 · 48%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening61%
    267 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening27%
    118 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%
    25 games · scores 68% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense53%
    99 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game32%
    59 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%
    14 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense72%
    104 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game24%
    35 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...e51%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7

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