Dhiren Rai's chess openings
🇳🇵 NepalFIDE 194148 games
Dhiren Rai, from Nepal, has 48 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Dhiren Rai most often opens with 1.d4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White22 games · +10 =3 −9 · 52%
As Black26 games · +9 =3 −14 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening50%11 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.e3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening50%11 games · scores 77% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game33%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game88%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense13%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 Nf6
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