Tong Xiao's chess openings
GM🇨🇳 ChinaFIDE 2598832 games
Tong Xiao, Grandmaster from China, has 832 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Tong Xiao most often opens with 1.e4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White418 games · +218 =135 −65 · 68%
As Black414 games · +168 =147 −99 · 58%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening69%287 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%47 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening9%39 games · scores 83% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense68%129 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game13%25 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...e6 French Defense8%15 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense77%117 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%20 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7
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