Liam Baruch's chess openings
CM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 1934300 games
Liam Baruch, Candidate Master from South Africa, has 300 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Liam Baruch 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...d5.
As White147 games · +44 =10 −93 · 33%
As Black153 games · +28 =8 −117 · 21%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%144 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game100%62 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game85%45 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense15%8 games · scores 6% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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