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Vaidyanathan Ravikumar's chess openings

IM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2347207 games

Vaidyanathan Ravikumar, International Master from India, has 207 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vaidyanathan Ravikumar most often opens with 1.d4 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White87 games · +34 =28 −25 · 55%
As Black120 games · +37 =41 −42 · 48%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening62%
    54 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
  2. 1.c4 English Opening22%
    19 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b3 d5
  3. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%
    11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense51%
    34 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense22%
    15 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense15%
    10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense82%
    28 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game18%
    6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6

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