Trevor Tao's chess openings
IM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 2322121 games
Trevor Tao, International Master from Australia, has 121 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Trevor Tao most often opens with 1.d4 (35% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White60 games · +32 =17 −11 · 68%
As Black61 games · +20 =20 −21 · 49%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%21 games · scores 79% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening27%16 games · scores 69% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening20%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense67%14 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense19%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense10%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense68%21 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense13%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c5
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