Rathnakaran, K's chess openings
IM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 21671,169 games
Rathnakaran, K, International Master from India, has 1,169 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rathnakaran, K most often opens with 1.e4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White571 games · +279 =136 −156 · 61%
As Black598 games · +236 =138 −224 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%565 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack1%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.d3 e6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening0%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense89%253 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense9%26 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%168 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense9%17 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense3%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6
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