Chua, Al's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2308300 games
Chua, Al, FIDE Master from United States, has 300 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Chua, Al most often opens with 1.Nf3 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White154 games · +72 =20 −62 · 53%
As Black146 games · +51 =20 −75 · 42%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening54%83 games · scores 52% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening27%41 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening12%19 games · scores 68% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense66%52 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c4 Nc6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense13%10 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%26 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d5
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