Yahya Faraj's chess openings
FM🇾🇪 YemenFIDE 2204104 games
Yahya Faraj, FIDE Master from Yemen, has 104 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yahya Faraj most often opens with 1.Nf3 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White47 games · +15 =12 −20 · 45%
As Black57 games · +17 =12 −28 · 40%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening85%40 games · scores 45% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening6%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game42%13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense35%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense81%13 games · scores 23% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense13%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 f5
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