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Paul Y Iinuma's chess openings

🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2030182 games

Paul Y Iinuma, from United States, has 182 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paul Y Iinuma most often opens with 1.d4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White91 games · +18 =21 −52 · 31%
As Black91 games · +19 =16 −56 · 30%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening52%
    47 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening38%
    35 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack3%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game39%
    17 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense39%
    17 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%
    4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense61%
    14 games · scores 18% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game26%
    6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...d64%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5

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