Stjepan Zaja's chess openings
🇭🇷 Croatia15 games
Stjepan Zaja, from Croatia, has 15 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stjepan Zaja most often opens with 1.d4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White6 games · +2 =0 −4 · 33%
As Black9 games · +2 =4 −3 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening50%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense63%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game38%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense100%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
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