Narayanan S L's chess openings
GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2557303 games
Narayanan S L, Grandmaster from India, has 303 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Narayanan S L most often opens with 1.d4 (66% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White153 games · +64 =65 −24 · 63%
As Black150 games · +48 =69 −33 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening66%101 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening14%21 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening12%19 games · scores 66% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%56 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game29%24 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%38 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game9%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c3 e6
- 1...d62%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
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