Stepan Zilka's chess openings
GM🇨🇿 CzechiaFIDE 25261,041 games
Stepan Zilka, Grandmaster from Czechia, has 1,041 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stepan Zilka 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 White513 games · +233 =186 −94 · 64%
As Black528 games · +179 =238 −111 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening48%247 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening47%242 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game54%125 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense32%74 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense6%13 games · scores 77% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense55%100 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game43%78 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
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