Narayanan, S.L.'s chess openings
Peak rating 266156 games
Narayanan, S.L. has 56 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Narayanan, S.L. most often opens with 1.d4 (41% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White32 games · +12 =13 −7 · 58%
As Black24 games · +9 =9 −6 · 56%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening41%13 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening22%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening22%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game71%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Be3 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense73%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game27%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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