Yamada, K's chess openings
FM🇯🇵 JapanFIDE 2208133 games
Yamada, K, FIDE Master from Japan, has 133 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yamada, K 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 White65 games · +29 =12 −24 · 54%
As Black68 games · +25 =15 −28 · 48%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening69%45 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening15%10 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%9 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense61%19 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense26%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game13%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense63%15 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 b6
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