William Rui Liu's chess openings
CM🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 2126186 games
William Rui Liu, Candidate Master from New Zealand, has 186 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William Rui Liu 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...d5.
As White96 games · +51 =18 −27 · 63%
As Black90 games · +34 =30 −26 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%96 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense77%34 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense18%8 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...e5 Open Game5%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game56%19 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense44%15 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
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