Duc Minh Lai's chess openings
🇻🇳 VietnamFIDE 21711,959 games
Duc Minh Lai, from Vietnam, has 1,959 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Duc Minh Lai most often opens with 1.d4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White982 games · +509 =75 −398 · 56%
As Black977 games · +464 =72 −441 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening59%510 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening29%254 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6
- 1.c4 English Opening12%102 games · scores 49% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game42%167 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%117 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense15%59 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense39%126 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense23%75 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d614%46 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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