Christopher Tanaka's chess openings
🇺🇸 United States34 games
Christopher Tanaka, from United States, has 34 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Christopher Tanaka most often opens with 1.e4 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White17 games · +7 =0 −10 · 41%
As Black17 games · +6 =1 −10 · 38%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening65%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense50%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense38%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game75%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
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