Bobby Cheng's chess openings
GM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 2573700 games
Bobby Cheng, Grandmaster from Australia, has 700 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bobby Cheng most often opens with 1.d4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White359 games · +180 =106 −73 · 65%
As Black341 games · +153 =103 −85 · 60%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening75%269 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%52 games · scores 78% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack6%23 games · scores 70% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense34%61 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense24%43 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense15%27 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense35%32 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game34%31 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%18 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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