Kannan Vaidyanathan's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2314181 games
Kannan Vaidyanathan, FIDE Master from United States, has 181 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kannan Vaidyanathan most often opens with 1.d4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White87 games · +22 =33 −32 · 44%
As Black94 games · +22 =30 −42 · 39%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening78%67 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening22%19 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense93%38 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game7%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%24 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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