Harikrishnan, A's chess openings
GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2506790 games
Harikrishnan, A, Grandmaster from India, has 790 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Harikrishnan, A most often opens with 1.Nf3 (43% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White405 games · +202 =127 −76 · 66%
As Black385 games · +160 =114 −111 · 56%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening43%174 games · scores 66% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening28%114 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening27%110 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense59%108 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game26%47 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense4%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ng8 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game49%58 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense48%57 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 a6
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