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Naveen Balakrishnan's chess openings

🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 19448 games

Naveen Balakrishnan, from United States, has 8 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Naveen Balakrishnan most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White3 games · +0 =1 −2 · 17%
As Black5 games · +0 =2 −3 · 20%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game50%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c5

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