Raymond Song's chess openings
GM🇹🇼 TaiwanFIDE 2497479 games
Raymond Song, Grandmaster from Taiwan, has 479 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Raymond Song most often opens with 1.e4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White253 games · +133 =75 −45 · 67%
As Black226 games · +92 =71 −63 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening52%131 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%88 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%19 games · scores 68% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense48%49 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense28%29 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense10%10 games · scores 85% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%67 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
- 1...d66%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6
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