Yann Salaun's chess openings
IM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2182170 games
Yann Salaun, International Master from France, has 170 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yann Salaun most often opens with 1.e4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White82 games · +23 =28 −31 · 45%
As Black88 games · +19 =21 −48 · 34%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening70%57 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening17%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 Bg4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening9%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense61%23 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense24%9 games · scores 22% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game11%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense49%17 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense29%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...d5 Closed Game23%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
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