Viswanathan Anand's chess openings
GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 27394,338 games
Viswanathan Anand, Grandmaster from India, has 4,338 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Viswanathan Anand most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White2,197 games · +939 =1,000 −258 · 65%
As Black2,141 games · +566 =1,195 −380 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%1,854 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%221 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%76 games · scores 72% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game50%442 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense35%309 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense12%106 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense66%546 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game32%268 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d62%13 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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