Kavin Venkatesan's chess openings
FM🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 2270435 games
Kavin Venkatesan, FIDE Master from Ireland, has 435 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kavin Venkatesan most often opens with 1.d4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White226 games · +88 =62 −76 · 53%
As Black209 games · +71 =55 −83 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening85%193 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening8%17 games · scores 62% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense96%97 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game2%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense2%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense91%69 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d64%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Nbd7
- 1...d5 Closed Game1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 Nf6
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