Yifan Hou's chess openings
GM🇨🇳 ChinaFIDE 2596142 games
Yifan Hou, Grandmaster from China, has 142 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yifan Hou most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White71 games · +43 =18 −10 · 73%
As Black71 games · +26 =27 −18 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%60 games · scores 73% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%9 games · scores 78% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense71%22 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense23%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense46%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense29%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
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