William Li's chess openings
CM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 208693 games
William Li, Candidate Master from Canada, has 93 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William Li most often opens with 1.e4 (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 White46 games · +16 =13 −17 · 49%
As Black47 games · +19 =17 −11 · 59%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening54%25 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening46%21 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense84%16 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense16%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.e5 Nh5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%19 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7
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