Yannick Pelletier's chess openings
GM🇨🇭 SwitzerlandFIDE 25171,747 games
Yannick Pelletier, Grandmaster from Switzerland, has 1,747 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yannick Pelletier most often opens with 1.d4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White860 games · +316 =378 −166 · 59%
As Black887 games · +246 =427 −214 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening59%504 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening26%226 games · scores 65% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening9%75 games · scores 65% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense48%211 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense35%156 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%34 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense62%186 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game27%80 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense11%33 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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