Chess Openings

Replies to 1. e4

... c6 Caro-Kann Defence (popular)
... c5 Sicilian Defence (popular)
... d6 PIRC Defence
... d5 Scandanavian Defence (popular)
... e6 French Defence (popular)
... e5 "Open Game", white chooses next move (popular)

2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 The Ruy Lopez

... f6 Barnes Defence - a dubios opening (rare)
... f5 Duras Gambit / French Defence (rare)
... g5 Borg Defence (Grob backwards) (uncommon)
... g6 Modern Defence (Can leak to PIRC) (popular)
... Nf6 Alekhine Defence (popular)
...

1.e4

Move	Result in Masters Games
	%W/D/B (#number)
1...c5	38/30/32 (540K)
1...e5	38/35/27 (260K)
1...e6	40/32/28 (155K)
1...c6	38/36/26 (81K)
1...d6	42/30/28 (48K)
1...g6	39/28/33 (41K)
1...Nf6	40/30/29 (30K)
1...d5	43/30/27 (26K)
1...Nc6	43/26/31 (7.5K)
b6	47/23/30 (2K)