Praveen Balakrishnan's chess openings
🇮🇳 IndiaPeak rating 261258 games
Praveen Balakrishnan, from India, has 58 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Praveen Balakrishnan most often opens with 1.e4 (66% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White29 games · +13 =10 −6 · 62%
As Black29 games · +12 =11 −6 · 60%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening66%19 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening21%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening10%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game40%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense30%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense30%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense93%13 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
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