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Praggnanandhaa, R's chess openings

GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 27633,948 games

Praggnanandhaa, R, Grandmaster from India, has 3,948 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Praggnanandhaa, R most often opens with 1.e4 (38% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White1,975 games · +998 =539 −438 · 64%
As Black1,973 games · +791 =629 −553 · 56%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening38%
    665 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening31%
    544 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%
    339 games · scores 65% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense45%
    389 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game37%
    314 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%
    58 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense84%
    509 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game13%
    81 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%
    9 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+

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