Nitish Arun's chess openings
CM🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 2142323 games
Nitish Arun, Candidate Master from Ireland, has 323 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nitish Arun most often opens with 1.Nf3 (51% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White162 games · +77 =39 −46 · 60%
As Black161 games · +60 =29 −72 · 46%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening51%81 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening47%75 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening1%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense38%28 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 exd5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense32%24 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense16%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense48%24 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense38%19 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7
- 1...d5 Closed Game12%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nf6
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