Dorian Kang's chess openings
CM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2040398 games
Dorian Kang, Candidate Master from Canada, has 398 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Dorian Kang most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White198 games · +78 =23 −97 · 45%
As Black200 games · +71 =26 −103 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%170 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening11%22 games · scores 41% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense90%94 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense8%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense81%54 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense15%10 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
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