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Kelsey Liu's chess openings

WIM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 1964451 games

Kelsey Liu, Woman International Master from United States, has 451 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kelsey Liu most often opens with 1.e4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White220 games · +84 =11 −125 · 41%
As Black231 games · +69 =23 −139 · 35%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening84%
    183 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening15%
    32 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense79%
    88 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%
    16 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
  3. 1...e5 Open Game6%
    7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%
    72 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game8%
    6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6

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