Praveen Balakrishnan's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 25001,031 games
Praveen Balakrishnan, Grandmaster from United States, has 1,031 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Praveen Balakrishnan most often opens with 1.e4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White517 games · +258 =136 −123 · 63%
As Black514 games · +238 =137 −139 · 60%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening52%269 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening24%124 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%67 games · scores 59% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense30%75 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game27%68 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense25%63 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense66%122 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%36 games · scores 72% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense11%21 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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