Stephen Ball's chess openings
🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 222522 games
Stephen Ball, from Canada, has 22 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stephen Ball most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White10 games · +1 =2 −7 · 20%
As Black12 games · +2 =3 −7 · 29%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%10 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense50%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game38%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense13%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
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