Pentala Harikrishna's chess openings
GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 26483,275 games
Pentala Harikrishna, Grandmaster from India, has 3,275 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pentala Harikrishna most often opens with 1.e4 (41% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,657 games · +691 =722 −244 · 63%
As Black1,618 games · +434 =808 −376 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening41%625 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening41%616 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%168 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game56%410 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense22%160 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense11%84 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense68%384 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game28%160 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 b6
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