Grant Xu's chess openings
Peak rating 229745 games
Grant Xu has 45 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Grant Xu most often opens with 1.e4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White24 games · +12 =7 −5 · 65%
As Black21 games · +7 =5 −9 · 45%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening92%22 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense43%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense43%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense56%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 c5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense11%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 a6
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