Ryan Liaw's chess openings
CM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 197341 games
Ryan Liaw, Candidate Master from Australia, has 41 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ryan Liaw most often opens with 1.d4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White18 games · +6 =2 −10 · 39%
As Black23 games · +6 =1 −16 · 28%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening71%12 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening24%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense80%12 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense20%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game67%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
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