Stockfish's chess openings
200 games
Stockfish has 200 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stockfish most often opens with 1.e4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White100 games · +6 =89 −5 · 51%
As Black100 games · +1 =85 −14 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening48%48 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%35 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening7%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game32%15 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5 3.d4 exd4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense15%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense15%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense58%21 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game28%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense11%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5
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