Irene Xie's chess openings
WFM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2017158 games
Irene Xie, Woman FIDE Master from Canada, has 158 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Irene Xie most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White83 games · +38 =13 −32 · 54%
As Black75 games · +31 =7 −37 · 46%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%83 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense57%20 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense43%15 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense29%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense21%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6
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