Wei Yi's chess openings
GM🇨🇳 ChinaFIDE 27582,149 games
Wei Yi, Grandmaster from China, has 2,149 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Wei Yi most often opens with 1.e4 (66% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,089 games · +520 =397 −172 · 66%
As Black1,060 games · +353 =480 −227 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening66%711 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening17%181 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%112 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense48%197 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game36%145 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%31 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense87%346 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%26 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%14 games · scores 79% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 a6
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