Kim Yew Chan's chess openings
IM🇲🇾 MalaysiaFIDE 2379893 games
Kim Yew Chan, International Master from Malaysia, has 893 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kim Yew Chan most often opens with 1.d4 (39% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White451 games · +168 =107 −176 · 49%
As Black442 games · +145 =99 −198 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening39%176 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening34%154 games · scores 44% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening15%66 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%146 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense13%29 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game11%24 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%122 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
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