Stephen Brady's chess openings
FM🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 2271411 games
Stephen Brady, FIDE Master from Ireland, has 411 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stephen Brady most often opens with 1.e4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White203 games · +87 =65 −51 · 59%
As Black208 games · +85 =66 −57 · 57%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening76%154 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%19 games · scores 74% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening8%16 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense37%42 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense28%32 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense16%18 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense57%32 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game34%19 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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