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Gary Shure's chess openings

🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 222030 games

Gary Shure, from United States, has 30 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gary Shure most often opens with 1.d4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White12 games · +3 =3 −6 · 38%
As Black18 games · +4 =3 −11 · 31%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening58%
    7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%
    4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 d4
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense89%
    8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game11%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game75%
    6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Nc3 e6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4

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