Cai Lu's chess openings
🇨🇳 ChinaFIDE 22549 games
Cai Lu, from China, has 9 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Cai Lu most often opens with 1.d4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nc6, the Nimzowitsch Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White4 games · +1 =2 −1 · 50%
As Black5 games · +3 =0 −2 · 60%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening75%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening25%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense50%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game50%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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