Chaoruo Cai's chess openings
CM🇨🇳 ChinaFIDE 2264179 games
Chaoruo Cai, Candidate Master from China, has 179 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Chaoruo Cai most often opens with 1.d4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White85 games · +29 =22 −34 · 47%
As Black94 games · +32 =17 −45 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening75%62 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening23%19 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 g5 2.Nxg5 e5 3.e4 Qxg5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense71%27 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game18%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense55%18 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense30%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game12%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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