William Yen's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 1994165 games
William Yen, from United States, has 165 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William Yen most often opens with 1.e4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White84 games · +54 =9 −21 · 70%
As Black81 games · +29 =14 −38 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening75%63 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening18%15 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening2%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 b6 2.b3 Bb7 3.Bb2 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense74%32 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense16%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%16 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense10%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6
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