Orlova, Y's chess openings
WCM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 193682 games
Orlova, Y, Woman Candidate Master from Canada, has 82 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Orlova, Y most often opens with 1.b3 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...c5.
As White37 games · +12 =9 −16 · 45%
As Black45 games · +12 =9 −24 · 37%
As White
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack65%24 games · scores 44% · main line 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening19%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening16%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b3 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense81%21 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense19%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense87%13 games · scores 23% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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