Krishnan Sasikiran's chess openings
GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 25202,095 games
Krishnan Sasikiran, Grandmaster from India, has 2,095 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Krishnan Sasikiran most often opens with 1.d4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,021 games · +507 =369 −145 · 68%
As Black1,074 games · +393 =445 −236 · 57%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening58%595 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%332 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%87 games · scores 69% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense44%228 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game44%225 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%49 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense69%251 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game27%100 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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