Gerson Principe's chess openings
FM🇵🇪 PeruFIDE 2171746 games
Gerson Principe, FIDE Master from Peru, has 746 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gerson Principe most often opens with 1.d4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White376 games · +165 =55 −156 · 51%
As Black370 games · +153 =52 −165 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening75%280 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening24%91 games · scores 55% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening0%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%116 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense29%51 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense2%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense99%113 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...a61%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 a6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5
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