Nathan Yan's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2175154 games
Nathan Yan, FIDE Master from United States, has 154 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nathan Yan most often opens with 1.e4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White78 games · +15 =27 −36 · 37%
As Black76 games · +6 =28 −42 · 26%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%77 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game88%29 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense12%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%15 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 Nf6
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