Koby Kalavannan's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2259717 games
Koby Kalavannan, FIDE Master from England, has 717 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Koby Kalavannan most often opens with 1.d4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White356 games · +166 =70 −120 · 56%
As Black361 games · +154 =65 −142 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening75%268 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%47 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 Bf5
- 1.c4 English Opening6%23 games · scores 65% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense93%138 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense3%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
- 1...f61%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 f6 2.d4 a6 3.Nc3 b6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%102 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense8%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
- 1...d64%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6
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