William Steinitz's chess openings
584 games
William Steinitz has 584 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William Steinitz most often opens with 1.e4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White308 games · +187 =60 −61 · 70%
As Black276 games · +132 =58 −86 · 58%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%227 games · scores 73% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening18%56 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%17 games · scores 85% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bg4 3.c4 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game100%235 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense0%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game87%26 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense10%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 c5
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