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Nitish Nathan's chess openings

CM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2188304 games

Nitish Nathan, Candidate Master from United States, has 304 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nitish Nathan most often opens with 1.d4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White152 games · +58 =22 −72 · 45%
As Black152 games · +32 =26 −94 · 30%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening97%
    145 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.e3 Bg7
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%
    5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense97%
    77 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game3%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game100%
    35 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6

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