Kapilan Karunakaran's chess openings
🇮🇳 IndiaPeak rating 192128 games
Kapilan Karunakaran, from India, has 28 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kapilan Karunakaran most often opens with 1.d4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White14 games · +3 =5 −6 · 39%
As Black14 games · +2 =5 −7 · 32%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening93%13 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening7%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game100%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Bf4 Bb4
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