Narayanan Neelakantan's chess openings
🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 193976 games
Narayanan Neelakantan, from India, has 76 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Narayanan Neelakantan most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White39 games · +17 =6 −16 · 51%
As Black37 games · +13 =5 −19 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%37 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game86%19 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense9%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game88%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6
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