Richard Zhu's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 207857 games
Richard Zhu, from England, has 57 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Richard Zhu most often opens with 1.d4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White29 games · +10 =9 −10 · 50%
As Black28 games · +8 =8 −12 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening76%22 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening21%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6
- 1.c4 English Opening3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense42%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense32%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense26%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense17%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
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