Santhosh Ayyappan's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 199096 games
Santhosh Ayyappan, from United States, has 96 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Santhosh Ayyappan most often opens with 1.e4 (73% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White49 games · +20 =8 −21 · 49%
As Black47 games · +19 =4 −24 · 45%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening73%36 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening27%13 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game96%26 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%15 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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