Aaravamudhan Balaji's chess openings
IM🏴 EnglandFIDE 23171,265 games
Aaravamudhan Balaji, International Master from England, has 1,265 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Aaravamudhan Balaji most often opens with 1.d4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White630 games · +317 =81 −232 · 57%
As Black635 games · +280 =94 −261 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening47%294 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.b4 Polish Opening17%103 games · scores 55% · main line 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%80 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game36%98 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense18%50 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 d6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense16%43 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%89 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...b6 English Defense14%30 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%22 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
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