Christopher Shen's chess openings
Peak rating 250340 games
Christopher Shen has 40 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Christopher Shen most often opens with 1.d4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White20 games · +5 =8 −7 · 45%
As Black20 games · +3 =10 −7 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening70%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening20%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense50%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game25%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense25%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d67%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 c5
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