Terrence Tang's chess openings
CM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 2139207 games
Terrence Tang, Candidate Master from Australia, has 207 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Terrence Tang most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White106 games · +36 =18 −52 · 42%
As Black101 games · +34 =21 −46 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%90 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Bb4+
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense98%44 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense81%34 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d62%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
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