Victor Stephan's chess openings
IM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2349398 games
Victor Stephan, International Master from France, has 398 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Victor Stephan most often opens with 1.d4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White201 games · +100 =43 −58 · 60%
As Black197 games · +85 =46 −66 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening85%171 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack4%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%9 games · scores 78% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense76%71 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game6%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%62 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 Qxd5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
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