Wesley So's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 27705,626 games
Wesley So, Grandmaster from United States, has 5,626 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Wesley So most often opens with 1.e4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White2,837 games · +1,282 =1,134 −421 · 65%
As Black2,789 games · +956 =1,265 −568 · 57%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening50%1,275 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening31%785 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%243 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game66%825 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense22%273 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense7%82 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense79%673 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%165 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
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