Xu, Yi's chess openings
GM🇨🇳 ChinaFIDE 24562,137 games
Xu, Yi, Grandmaster from China, has 2,137 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Xu, Yi most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,079 games · +528 =326 −225 · 64%
As Black1,058 games · +437 =349 −272 · 58%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%1,034 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%27 games · scores 72% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack0%5 games · scores 90% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense57%244 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game32%137 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%39 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense97%373 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
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