Karthik Venkataraman's chess openings
GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2556420 games
Karthik Venkataraman, Grandmaster from India, has 420 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karthik Venkataraman most often opens with 1.e4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White209 games · +102 =72 −35 · 66%
As Black211 games · +95 =70 −46 · 62%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening47%99 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening26%55 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening11%22 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense64%72 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game23%26 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense5%6 games · scores 92% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense73%47 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%11 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 a6
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