Ray Yang's chess openings
FM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 2130165 games
Ray Yang, FIDE Master from Australia, has 165 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ray Yang most often opens with 1.d4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White80 games · +27 =11 −42 · 41%
As Black85 games · +15 =16 −54 · 27%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening74%59 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening26%21 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense66%27 games · scores 22% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense15%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game83%19 games · scores 24% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense17%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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