Yang Yu's chess openings
CM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2101100 games
Yang Yu, Candidate Master from United States, has 100 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yang Yu most often opens with 1.Nf3 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White51 games · +21 =9 −21 · 50%
As Black49 games · +18 =6 −25 · 43%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening59%30 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening29%15 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening6%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.g3 b6 2.Bg2 c6 3.a4 Bb7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game73%16 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 f5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense27%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game58%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense8%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.c4 e6
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