V S Raahul's chess openings
GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2393942 games
V S Raahul, Grandmaster from India, has 942 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, V S Raahul most often opens with 1.c4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White477 games · +212 =117 −148 · 57%
As Black465 games · +154 =121 −190 · 46%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening63%298 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening24%114 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack8%38 games · scores 57% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game54%120 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense41%91 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game54%87 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense35%57 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense10%16 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
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