Youyang Cai's chess openings
🇨🇳 ChinaFIDE 2059191 games
Youyang Cai, from China, has 191 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Youyang Cai most often opens with 1.e4 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White92 games · +46 =28 −18 · 65%
As Black99 games · +39 =24 −36 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening68%63 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening27%25 games · scores 82% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening3%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense81%35 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game19%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game52%22 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense48%20 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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