Rahul Babu's chess openings
CM🏴 EnglandFIDE 211661 games
Rahul Babu, Candidate Master from England, has 61 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rahul Babu most often opens with 1.e4 (82% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White33 games · +12 =4 −17 · 42%
As Black28 games · +9 =3 −16 · 38%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening82%27 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening15%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.Nf3 c6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense73%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense18%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 Nbd7
- 1...e6 French Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5
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