Michael Yip's chess openings
🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 181665 games
Michael Yip, from Canada, has 65 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael Yip most often opens with 1.d4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White36 games · +15 =8 −13 · 53%
As Black29 games · +6 =9 −14 · 36%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening78%28 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening11%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 Nc6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%4 games · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense26%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense21%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game16%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...d629%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
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