Shiyam Thavandiran's chess openings
IM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2405851 games
Shiyam Thavandiran, International Master from Canada, has 851 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Shiyam Thavandiran most often opens with 1.e4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White426 games · +197 =103 −126 · 58%
As Black425 games · +180 =86 −159 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening92%394 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening4%15 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense70%134 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense17%32 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense9%18 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%97 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense33%49 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Nc3 e6
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