Stephen Fairbairn's chess openings
🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2049119 games
Stephen Fairbairn, from Canada, has 119 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stephen Fairbairn most often opens with 1.c4 (50% 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 White62 games · +17 =15 −30 · 40%
As Black57 games · +8 =17 −32 · 29%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening50%31 games · scores 40% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening24%15 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening18%11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense24%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game21%7 games · scores 7% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense18%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d638%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 g6 3.e3 Bg7
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