Yifan b Hou's chess openings
🇨🇳 ChinaFIDE 2338281 games
Yifan b Hou, from China, has 281 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yifan b Hou most often opens with 1.d4 (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 White136 games · +53 =57 −26 · 60%
As Black145 games · +44 =60 −41 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening85%116 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%15 games · scores 87% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening3%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense97%65 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense3%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense90%37 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 f5
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