Stockfish 8's chess openings
316 games
Stockfish 8 has 316 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stockfish 8 most often opens with 1.e4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White131 games · +27 =97 −7 · 58%
As Black185 games · +1 =127 −57 · 35%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening59%77 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening36%47 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening3%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game37%19 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense27%14 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense16%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense79%83 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%16 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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