Lin, Yi's chess openings
Peak rating 2425368 games
Lin, Yi has 368 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lin, Yi most often opens with 1.d4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White183 games · +51 =95 −37 · 54%
As Black185 games · +36 =83 −66 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%165 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening2%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game66%51 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense19%15 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense97%56 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
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