Manuel Li's chess openings
Peak rating 238047 games
Manuel Li has 47 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Manuel Li most often opens with 1.d4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White18 games · +6 =8 −4 · 56%
As Black29 games · +4 =11 −14 · 33%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening78%14 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening11%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%12 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense22%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense43%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense29%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense29%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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