Ranesh Ratnesan's chess openings
CM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2138306 games
Ranesh Ratnesan, Candidate Master from England, has 306 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ranesh Ratnesan most often opens with 1.d4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White142 games · +51 =31 −60 · 47%
As Black164 games · +52 =27 −85 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening83%115 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%19 games · scores 34% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening1%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.b3 e6 3.Bb2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense96%69 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...a61%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 a6 2.d4 g6 3.Bg5 h6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game69%41 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense31%18 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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