Krishna Nathan's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2004361 games
Krishna Nathan, from United States, has 361 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Krishna Nathan most often opens with 1.d4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White175 games · +69 =17 −89 · 44%
As Black186 games · +66 =19 −101 · 41%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening47%82 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening39%67 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.b4 Polish Opening3%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.a3 a5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense51%37 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense22%16 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...a613%9 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 a6 2.d4 b5 3.Nf3 Bb7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game62%48 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense22%17 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...c66%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
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