Thirumalai Purushothaman's chess openings
FM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 198085 games
Thirumalai Purushothaman, FIDE Master from India, has 85 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Thirumalai Purushothaman most often opens with 1.d4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White38 games · +11 =9 −18 · 41%
As Black47 games · +10 =7 −30 · 29%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening58%22 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening34%13 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening5%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.f4 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense91%20 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense5%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game56%10 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense44%8 games · scores 6% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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