Wang Puchen's chess openings
IM🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 2455270 games
Wang Puchen, International Master from New Zealand, has 270 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Wang Puchen most often opens with 1.d4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White131 games · +58 =50 −23 · 63%
As Black139 games · +52 =55 −32 · 57%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening58%76 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening27%36 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%12 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense34%20 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense32%19 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense19%11 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense57%29 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game37%19 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense6%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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