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Ziyuan Xu's chess openings

FM🇨🇳 ChinaFIDE 2429140 games

Ziyuan Xu, FIDE Master from China, has 140 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ziyuan Xu most often opens with 1.e4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White71 games · +29 =19 −23 · 54%
As Black69 games · +22 =20 −27 · 46%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening92%
    65 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%
    5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
  3. 1.g3 Hungarian Opening1%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%
    10 games · scores 80% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense35%
    8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
  3. 1...d6 Pirc Defense17%
    4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense84%
    27 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense16%
    5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6

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