Patrick Liu's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2341165 games
Patrick Liu, FIDE Master from United States, has 165 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Patrick Liu most often opens with 1.e4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White81 games · +30 =32 −19 · 57%
As Black84 games · +16 =31 −37 · 38%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening59%47 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening34%27 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening6%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense63%35 games · scores 24% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense21%12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game13%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%16 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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