Stephen Short's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 203337 games
Stephen Short, from Ireland, has 37 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stephen Short most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White22 games · +2 =7 −13 · 25%
As Black15 games · +4 =3 −8 · 37%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%22 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game86%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Bg7
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