Tao Pang's chess openings
GM🇨🇳 ChinaFIDE 2444482 games
Tao Pang, Grandmaster from China, has 482 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Tao Pang most often opens with 1.Nf3 (41% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White243 games · +99 =98 −46 · 61%
As Black239 games · +62 =106 −71 · 48%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening41%99 games · scores 54% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening32%77 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening22%52 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense84%109 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense4%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game80%55 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense19%13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d61%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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