Christopher Y Shen's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2346208 games
Christopher Y Shen, FIDE Master from United States, has 208 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Christopher Y Shen most often opens with 1.c4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White96 games · +37 =33 −26 · 56%
As Black112 games · +35 =32 −45 · 46%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening54%52 games · scores 54% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Bc5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening28%27 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%15 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense63%31 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense35%17 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%33 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d631%16 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5
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