James Li's chess openings
🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 197531 games
James Li, from Canada, has 31 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James Li most often opens with 1.d4 (38% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White17 games · +5 =4 −8 · 41%
As Black14 games · +5 =3 −6 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening38%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening38%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening19%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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