Melih Yurtseven's chess openings
IM🇹🇷 TürkiyeFIDE 23641,402 games
Melih Yurtseven, International Master from Türkiye, has 1,402 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Melih Yurtseven most often opens with 1.e4 (42% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White716 games · +343 =143 −230 · 58%
As Black686 games · +290 =116 −280 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening42%269 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening24%155 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening18%115 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense37%129 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game29%102 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense16%55 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%159 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 c5
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