Joshua Xia's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2051294 games
Joshua Xia, from United States, has 294 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joshua Xia most often opens with 1.e4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White147 games · +56 =17 −74 · 44%
As Black147 games · +43 =18 −86 · 35%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%146 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nc3 d6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense73%55 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e5 Open Game8%6 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense98%43 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
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