Thornton, G's chess openings
CM🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 2027134 games
Thornton, G, Candidate Master from New Zealand, has 134 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Thornton, G most often opens with 1.d4 (34% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White62 games · +26 =15 −21 · 54%
As Black72 games · +21 =6 −45 · 33%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening34%21 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening23%14 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening19%12 games · scores 38% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense92%33 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense96%23 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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