Krishnamoorthy Murugan's chess openings
IM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2100315 games
Krishnamoorthy Murugan, International Master from India, has 315 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Krishnamoorthy Murugan most often opens with 1.d4 (81% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White139 games · +44 =60 −35 · 53%
As Black176 games · +39 =77 −60 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening81%112 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%20 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 b6
- 1.c4 English Opening4%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense95%106 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense58%25 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game35%15 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense5%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6
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