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Yu Mingyuan's chess openings

Peak rating 2419135 games

Yu Mingyuan has 135 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yu Mingyuan most often opens with 1.d4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White68 games · +25 =26 −17 · 56%
As Black67 games · +18 =28 −21 · 48%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening99%
    67 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening1%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense58%
    19 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense39%
    13 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...b6 Owen's Defense3%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%
    22 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game4%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5

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