Kan Nakahara's chess openings
CM🇯🇵 JapanFIDE 2276146 games
Kan Nakahara, Candidate Master from Japan, has 146 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kan Nakahara most often opens with 1.e4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White70 games · +31 =18 −21 · 57%
As Black76 games · +24 =15 −37 · 41%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%69 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.e3 Van't Kruijs Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game43%18 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense43%18 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense10%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%15 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Be7
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