Akshaya Kalaiyalahan's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2130525 games
Akshaya Kalaiyalahan, FIDE Master from England, has 525 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Akshaya Kalaiyalahan most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White258 games · +93 =75 −90 · 51%
As Black267 games · +66 =72 −129 · 38%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%143 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening28%72 games · scores 56% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening8%21 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense87%116 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense6%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense5%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense64%52 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%27 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
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