Mahalakshmi, M's chess openings
WGM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2304665 games
Mahalakshmi, M, Woman Grandmaster from India, has 665 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mahalakshmi, M most often opens with 1.d4 (81% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White331 games · +136 =84 −111 · 54%
As Black334 games · +123 =87 −124 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening81%266 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%34 games · scores 53% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening6%20 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense64%113 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e6 French Defense31%54 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense3%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%86 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense7%7 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game4%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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