Ian Zhao's chess openings
FM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2291100 games
Ian Zhao, FIDE Master from Canada, has 100 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ian Zhao most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White48 games · +16 =16 −16 · 50%
As Black52 games · +18 =17 −17 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%47 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game100%25 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%15 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 c5
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