Daniel Xu's chess openings
FM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2144234 games
Daniel Xu, FIDE Master from Canada, has 234 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Daniel Xu most often opens with 1.e4 (81% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White115 games · +50 =19 −46 · 52%
As Black119 games · +34 =32 −53 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening81%92 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening19%22 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense95%60 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game5%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense97%29 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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