Yichen Yao's chess openings
🇨🇳 ChinaFIDE 176810 games
Yichen Yao, from China, has 10 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yichen Yao most often opens with 1.Nf3 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White6 games · +0 =4 −2 · 33%
As Black4 games · +1 =1 −2 · 38%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening83%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
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