Richard Chen's chess openings
Peak rating 2317128 games
Richard Chen has 128 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Richard Chen most often opens with 1.e4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White66 games · +27 =19 −20 · 55%
As Black62 games · +18 =19 −25 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening97%64 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.h4 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense55%17 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game26%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...e6 French Defense16%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game57%12 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense38%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5
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