Sarin Nihal's chess openings
GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 27094,930 games
Sarin Nihal, Grandmaster from India, has 4,930 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sarin Nihal most often opens with 1.d4 (45% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White2,491 games · +1,391 =685 −415 · 70%
As Black2,439 games · +1,134 =693 −612 · 61%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening45%879 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%488 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening21%409 games · scores 65% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game40%389 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%204 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%135 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%466 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%227 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 h6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%33 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
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