William Lin's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 185080 games
William Lin, from England, has 80 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William Lin most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White39 games · +24 =5 −10 · 68%
As Black41 games · +28 =7 −6 · 77%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%37 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense54%14 games · scores 96% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game46%12 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense87%13 games · scores 77% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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