Malcolm Stephens's chess openings
FM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 227748 games
Malcolm Stephens, FIDE Master from Australia, has 48 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Malcolm Stephens most often opens with 1.e4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White25 games · +9 =8 −8 · 52%
As Black23 games · +9 =5 −9 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening84%21 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening12%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense53%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense47%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game75%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.dxc5 Na6
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