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William Jie Wen Zhang's chess openings

CM🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 192422 games

William Jie Wen Zhang, Candidate Master from New Zealand, has 22 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William Jie Wen Zhang most often opens with 1.e4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.

As White11 games · +1 =2 −8 · 18%
As Black11 games · +3 =1 −7 · 32%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening55%
    6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening45%
    5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense86%
    6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense14%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense100%
    4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6

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