Stephen Giddins's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2188163 games
Stephen Giddins, FIDE Master from England, has 163 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stephen Giddins most often opens with 1.d4 (51% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White71 games · +16 =29 −26 · 43%
As Black92 games · +19 =32 −41 · 38%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening51%36 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening34%24 games · scores 35% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening13%9 games · scores 22% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense75%36 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game13%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense72%21 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense17%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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