Craig Hilby's chess openings
IM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2458568 games
Craig Hilby, International Master from United States, has 568 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Craig Hilby most often opens with 1.e4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White282 games · +104 =112 −66 · 57%
As Black286 games · +110 =84 −92 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening44%122 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%98 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%27 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game54%63 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense26%30 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Na68%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 Na6 2.d4 c6 3.Nc3 Nc7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense51%50 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%19 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense19%19 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 e6
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