Srinath Narayanan's chess openings
GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 25161,643 games
Srinath Narayanan, Grandmaster from India, has 1,643 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Srinath Narayanan most often opens with 1.e4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White825 games · +469 =170 −186 · 67%
As Black818 games · +357 =208 −253 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening47%389 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening38%310 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%114 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense64%230 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense21%74 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game13%48 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%242 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game12%37 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense9%28 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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