Vishnu Surya Vanapalli's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2316151 games
Vishnu Surya Vanapalli, FIDE Master from United States, has 151 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vishnu Surya Vanapalli most often opens with 1.e4 (49% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White78 games · +27 =24 −27 · 50%
As Black73 games · +26 =26 −21 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening49%38 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening40%31 games · scores 55% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game66%25 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense24%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense11%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game55%12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense41%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 Nf6
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