Vaseegaran Nandhakumar's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2223115 games
Vaseegaran Nandhakumar, FIDE Master from United States, has 115 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vaseegaran Nandhakumar most often opens with 1.Nf3 (45% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White59 games · +17 =18 −24 · 44%
As Black56 games · +12 =17 −27 · 37%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening45%26 games · scores 37% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 c6 3.Bb2 Bf5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening21%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6
- 1.c4 English Opening12%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.c4 b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.g3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense85%23 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense73%16 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense14%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7
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