Sayas Payyappat's chess openings
🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 184133 games
Sayas Payyappat, from India, has 33 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sayas Payyappat most often opens with 1.b3 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White17 games · +4 =6 −7 · 41%
As Black16 games · +3 =5 −8 · 34%
As White
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack53%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.b3 e6 2.Bb2 d5 3.e3 b6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening35%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.e5 Nc6
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening12%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.g3 c6 2.Bg2 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense55%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...Nc627%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 Nc6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 Nxe5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense18%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c5
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