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Maxwell Yang's chess openings

CM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2058191 games

Maxwell Yang, Candidate Master from United States, has 191 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maxwell Yang most often opens with 1.d4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White97 games · +37 =11 −49 · 44%
As Black94 games · +19 =22 −53 · 32%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening76%
    73 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening18%
    17 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%
    6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense97%
    38 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    32 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5

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