Howard Staunton's chess openings
284 games
Howard Staunton has 284 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Howard Staunton most often opens with 1.e4 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White129 games · +81 =18 −30 · 70%
As Black155 games · +87 =21 −47 · 63%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening79%101 games · scores 73% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.c4 English Opening11%14 games · scores 36% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 f5 3.e4 d6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%8 games · scores 81% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game65%88 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%39 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1...e6 French Defense5%7 games · scores 79% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense44%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.e3 c5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
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