Chen Zhu's chess openings
GM🇶🇦 QatarFIDE 2423104 games
Chen Zhu, Grandmaster from Qatar, has 104 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Chen Zhu most often opens with 1.d4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White51 games · +32 =6 −13 · 69%
As Black53 games · +19 =8 −26 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening84%43 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening8%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.f4 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game38%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense34%10 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense28%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game67%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d633%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
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