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Nirish Kumar Siva Kumar's chess openings

FM🇲🇾 MalaysiaFIDE 2202398 games

Nirish Kumar Siva Kumar, FIDE Master from Malaysia, has 398 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nirish Kumar Siva Kumar most often opens with 1.e4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White200 games · +90 =35 −75 · 54%
As Black198 games · +79 =32 −87 · 48%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening76%
    149 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening12%
    23 games · scores 46% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
  3. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%
    22 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense63%
    52 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game11%
    9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense11%
    9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense79%
    53 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game16%
    11 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nf6
  3. 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense3%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e6 3.Nc3 d6

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