Ananthanarayanan Balaji's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 198162 games
Ananthanarayanan Balaji, from England, has 62 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ananthanarayanan Balaji 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...Nf6.
As White30 games · +7 =9 −14 · 38%
As Black32 games · +11 =8 −13 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening73%22 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening20%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game93%13 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense7%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
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