Kerry Stead's chess openings
CM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 1937341 games
Kerry Stead, Candidate Master from Australia, has 341 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kerry Stead most often opens with 1.d4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...c5.
As White162 games · +48 =12 −102 · 33%
As Black179 games · +40 =11 −128 · 25%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening87%135 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.e4 dxe4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening7%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening5%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense42%39 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game26%24 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense17%16 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense69%34 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 f5 3.c4 g6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense20%10 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c6
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