Gordon Taylor's chess openings
FM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2309143 games
Gordon Taylor, FIDE Master from Canada, has 143 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gordon Taylor most often opens with 1.d4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White76 games · +25 =32 −19 · 54%
As Black67 games · +19 =28 −20 · 49%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening92%70 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening4%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense77%23 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...b53%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 b5 2.Bxb5 e6 3.Nf3 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%28 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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