Stefano Yao's chess openings
FM🇮🇹 ItalyFIDE 2308132 games
Stefano Yao, FIDE Master from Italy, has 132 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stefano Yao most often opens with 1.d4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White66 games · +20 =23 −23 · 48%
As Black66 games · +13 =33 −20 · 45%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening61%40 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening32%21 games · scores 36% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening5%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense50%17 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game21%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense53%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game47%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
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