Kevin Zhao's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 223394 games
Kevin Zhao, FIDE Master from United States, has 94 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kevin Zhao most often opens with 1.e4 (100% 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 · +12 =22 −14 · 48%
As Black46 games · +9 =15 −22 · 36%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%47 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game77%17 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense14%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense9%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense87%13 games · scores 19% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 c5
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