Seirawan, Y's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2620226 games
Seirawan, Y, Grandmaster from United States, has 226 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Seirawan, Y most often opens with 1.d4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White95 games · +41 =36 −18 · 62%
As Black131 games · +39 =54 −38 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening55%52 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening35%33 games · scores 62% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense77%50 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense18%12 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense5%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%38 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d64%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
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