Yankai Li's chess openings
IM🇨🇳 ChinaFIDE 2403240 games
Yankai Li, International Master from China, has 240 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yankai Li most often opens with 1.d4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White116 games · +33 =58 −25 · 53%
As Black124 games · +37 =43 −44 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening58%67 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening38%44 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening3%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game57%28 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%21 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense91%41 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6
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