Houji Yao's chess openings
CM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 203587 games
Houji Yao, Candidate Master from Canada, has 87 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Houji Yao most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White41 games · +20 =6 −15 · 56%
As Black46 games · +9 =7 −30 · 27%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%41 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%27 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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