Gary Thomas's chess openings
🏴 WalesFIDE 182821 games
Gary Thomas, from Wales, has 21 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gary Thomas most often opens with 1.e4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...c5.
As White11 games · +3 =3 −5 · 41%
As Black10 games · +2 =3 −5 · 35%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening64%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening27%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening9%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense67%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense100%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6
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