Stephen Willy's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2171742 games
Stephen Willy, FIDE Master from United States, has 742 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stephen Willy most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White384 games · +185 =54 −145 · 55%
As Black358 games · +125 =35 −198 · 40%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%324 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening7%27 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%11 games · scores 59% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game24%42 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense22%38 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%36 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%54 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense27%29 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense10%11 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
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