Liu Shilan's chess openings
WGM🇨🇳 ChinaFIDE 2109156 games
Liu Shilan, Woman Grandmaster from China, has 156 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Liu Shilan most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White77 games · +19 =27 −31 · 42%
As Black79 games · +21 =33 −25 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%77 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense74%31 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game19%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense7%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense91%21 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5
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