Brian Liu's chess openings
🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 171819 games
Brian Liu, from New Zealand, has 19 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Brian Liu most often opens with 1.e4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White5 games · +1 =3 −1 · 50%
As Black14 games · +1 =2 −11 · 14%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening80%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening20%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense43%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 g6
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