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ID: 4303563

Brian Liu

FIDE ratings

1,890Classical

Performance

39 games
33% Win
33% Draw
34% Loss

Brian Liu's playing style

Overall score:50%13W 13D 13L over 39 games
Dominates 1.d4 as White:71%in 19 games
In great form:60%9W 6D 5L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:33%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Indian Defense: London System has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Indian Defense: London System
100%
4g
Queen's Pawn Game: London System
100%
2g
Indian Defense: West Indian Defense
100%
1g
Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack
100%
1g
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Italian Four Knights Variation
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation, Exchange Line has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation, Exchange Line
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation
100%
2g
Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit
100%
1g
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Bird Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

20 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

20 games in this line · White to move

Results for Liu, Brian as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
55%
35%
10%
Move
19 · 95%
53%
37%
11%
1 · 5%
100%

Game History

(39 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 4, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Chaudhary, Viaan
W—
Jan 4, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Chaudhary, Viaan
W—
Jan 4, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Li, Brandon
W—
Jan 4, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Lam, Dylan
D—
Jan 4, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Lam, Dylan
D—
Jan 4, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Li, Brandon
W—
Jan 12, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Tionko, Efrain(1844)
D—
Jan 11, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
WFMSmith, Vivian J(1750)
D—
Jan 10, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Knightbridge, Wayne(1637)
W—
Jan 9, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Holdaway, Steven(1644)
W—

Research Brian Liu’s games and opening repertoire

Brian Liu is rated 1890 in standard by FIDE. Brian Liu plays for New Zealand.

Brian Liu has FIDE ID 4303563.

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