Leon Xu's chess openings
🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2131125 games
Leon Xu, from Canada, has 125 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Leon Xu most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White64 games · +31 =9 −24 · 55%
As Black61 games · +20 =14 −27 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%62 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense50%15 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game47%14 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game88%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense13%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5
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