Hou Yifan's chess openings
GM🇨🇳 ChinaFIDE 25962,636 games
Hou Yifan, Grandmaster from China, has 2,636 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Hou Yifan most often opens with 1.e4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,325 games · +622 =394 −309 · 62%
As Black1,311 games · +498 =421 −392 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening90%1,187 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening3%46 games · scores 66% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Bg4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%41 games · scores 51% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense76%397 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense15%77 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game7%36 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense68%367 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense28%151 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game4%21 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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