Wesley So's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2770595 games
Wesley So, Grandmaster from United States, has 595 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Wesley So most often opens with 1.e4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White298 games · +112 =130 −56 · 59%
As Black297 games · +71 =148 −78 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening57%169 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening28%82 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%16 games · scores 56% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game80%115 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense12%17 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense3%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense87%83 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%10 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 dxc4
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