Hong Jun Lai's chess openings
CM🇲🇾 MalaysiaFIDE 2081111 games
Hong Jun Lai, Candidate Master from Malaysia, has 111 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Hong Jun Lai most often opens with 1.d4 (66% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White59 games · +20 =4 −35 · 37%
As Black52 games · +27 =2 −23 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening66%38 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening26%15 games · scores 37% · main line 1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening9%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense81%21 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 e6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense19%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%21 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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