Thandalam Shanmugam Ravi's chess openings
IM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2237281 games
Thandalam Shanmugam Ravi, International Master from India, has 281 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Thandalam Shanmugam Ravi most often opens with 1.e4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White147 games · +45 =56 −46 · 50%
As Black134 games · +35 =47 −52 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening97%143 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game57%42 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense32%24 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense8%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%36 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...b6 English Defense4%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6
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