Stephen Gillen's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 224845 games
Stephen Gillen, from Ireland, has 45 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stephen Gillen most often opens with 1.e4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White17 games · +8 =2 −7 · 53%
As Black28 games · +7 =9 −12 · 41%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening76%13 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening6%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense47%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1...e6 French Defense24%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense18%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d3 e6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5
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