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L R Srihari's chess openings

GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 24782,458 games

L R Srihari, Grandmaster from India, has 2,458 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, L R Srihari most often opens with 1.d4 (38% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White1,232 games · +660 =234 −338 · 63%
As Black1,226 games · +564 =247 −415 · 56%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening38%
    369 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1.c4 English Opening24%
    229 games · scores 73% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening23%
    225 games · scores 65% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...d6 Pirc Defense22%
    104 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense21%
    99 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
  3. 1...e5 Open Game20%
    93 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game37%
    139 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense28%
    104 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  3. 1...d619%
    70 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5

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