Ragul Pillay's chess openings
CM🇸🇨 SeychellesFIDE 161895 games
Ragul Pillay, Candidate Master from Seychelles, has 95 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ragul Pillay most often opens with 1.d4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White45 games · +12 =5 −28 · 32%
As Black50 games · +9 =6 −35 · 24%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening80%36 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening20%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense73%22 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game27%8 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game42%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense42%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense17%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.e3 cxd4 3.exd4 Nf6
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