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James Stevenson's chess openings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ScotlandFIDE 1933154 games

James Stevenson, from Scotland, has 154 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James Stevenson most often opens with 1.e4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White76 games · +21 =31 −24 · 48%
As Black78 games · +13 =28 −37 · 35%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening57%
    43 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3
  2. 1.c4 English Opening16%
    12 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 e6 3.d4 d5
  3. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening9%
    7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense41%
    15 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game24%
    9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
  3. 1...e6 French Defense16%
    6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%
    19 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game16%
    4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4
  3. 1...d64%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.c4 Bg7

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