GM Joseph Gallagher

United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Born 1964
Elo2386
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Joseph Gallagher is an English-Swiss Grandmaster and chess writer who received the GM title from FIDE in 1990. A dual national champion of both Britain and Switzerland, his opening play centers on the King's Indian Defence along with sharp gambits like the King's Gambit.

Joseph Gallagher

Associated Openings

As White

C16French Defence, Winawer Variation: 1.e4 e6 2.d4...... 4.e557 games
C34King's Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4...... 3.Nf337 games
C31Falkbeer Countergambit15 games
C36King's Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4...... d58 games
C35King's Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4...... Be76 games

As Black

E92King's Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... e5122 games
E68King's Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... 8.e447 games
E67King's Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... Nbd724 games
E76King's Indian Defence, Four Pawns Attack15 games
B87Scheveningen Sicilian: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3...... b515 games
E71King's Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... 5.h314 games
A26Reversed Sicilian: 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3...... d68 games

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