Alex Jian's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2033542 games
Alex Jian, from United States, has 542 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alex Jian most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White274 games · +107 =30 −137 · 45%
As Black268 games · +89 =34 −145 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%154 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening35%97 games · scores 43% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening3%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.Bxb7 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense92%120 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game5%7 games · scores 14% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Qe7
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 b6 3.d4 Bb7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense66%57 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game27%23 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e52%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e5 2.Bf4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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