Pentala Harikrishna's chess openings
Peak rating 2719111 games
Pentala Harikrishna has 111 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pentala Harikrishna most often opens with 1.e4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White54 games · +16 =26 −12 · 54%
As Black57 games · +16 =22 −19 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening48%26 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening41%22 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening9%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense48%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game37%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense11%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game61%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense35%8 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d64%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6
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