Narayanan, SL's chess openings
GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 25572,944 games
Narayanan, SL, Grandmaster from India, has 2,944 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Narayanan, SL most often opens with 1.d4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,490 games · +836 =394 −260 · 69%
As Black1,454 games · +653 =437 −364 · 60%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening44%514 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening26%310 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%157 games · scores 68% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense38%226 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game33%198 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense15%92 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense81%323 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%44 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense3%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6
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