Yang Kaiqi's chess openings
GM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 24811,993 games
Yang Kaiqi, Grandmaster from Canada, has 1,993 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yang Kaiqi most often opens with 1.e4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,020 games · +493 =131 −396 · 55%
As Black973 games · +420 =110 −443 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening47%420 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%291 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening14%129 games · scores 57% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%220 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game16%70 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense14%61 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense59%191 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense22%73 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%48 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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