Stephen A J Whatley's chess openings
CM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2145155 games
Stephen A J Whatley, Candidate Master from England, has 155 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stephen A J Whatley most often opens with 1.e4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White74 games · +29 =17 −28 · 51%
As Black81 games · +19 =14 −48 · 32%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening77%57 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening19%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening3%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense95%39 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense5%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense62%13 games · scores 12% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense38%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
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