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Benjamin Yan's chess openings

🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2023105 games

Benjamin Yan, from United States, has 105 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Benjamin Yan most often opens with 1.d4 (42% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White49 games · +11 =8 −30 · 31%
As Black56 games · +15 =9 −32 · 35%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening42%
    19 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening31%
    14 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%
    6 games · scores 8% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game25%
    7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
  2. 1...b6 Owen's Defense21%
    6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
  3. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%
    6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%
    13 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game18%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1...f66%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f6 2.e4 g6 3.h4 Bg7

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