Stephen Jessel's chess openings
FM🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 2367530 games
Stephen Jessel, FIDE Master from Ireland, has 530 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stephen Jessel most often opens with 1.Nf3 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White268 games · +128 =45 −95 · 56%
As Black262 games · +117 =43 −102 · 53%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening55%148 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening17%45 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening16%44 games · scores 53% · main line 1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense79%104 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense9%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense8%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense57%42 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...a630%22 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 a6 2.e4 e6 3.Bd3 d5
- 1...b6 English Defense7%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
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