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Yinglun Xu's chess openings

GM🇨🇳 ChinaFIDE 25161,113 games

Yinglun Xu, Grandmaster from China, has 1,113 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yinglun Xu most often opens with 1.d4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White572 games · +208 =280 −84 · 61%
As Black541 games · +119 =296 −126 · 49%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening59%
    335 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  2. 1.c4 English Opening28%
    158 games · scores 66% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%
    74 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense71%
    191 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense26%
    70 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...e5 Open Game3%
    7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game49%
    85 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense41%
    71 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%
    16 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6

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