Rajesh Nayak's chess openings
FM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2296561 games
Rajesh Nayak, FIDE Master from India, has 561 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rajesh Nayak most often opens with 1.e4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White292 games · +117 =78 −97 · 53%
As Black269 games · +62 =69 −138 · 36%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening75%219 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%38 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 e6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%25 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense79%96 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game13%16 games · scores 19% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense4%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense91%86 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6
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