Narayan Venkatesh's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2215827 games
Narayan Venkatesh, FIDE Master from United States, has 827 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Narayan Venkatesh most often opens with 1.d4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White408 games · +195 =55 −158 · 55%
As Black419 games · +139 =54 −226 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening69%279 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening18%73 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening6%23 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense40%78 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game33%65 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense9%18 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense69%85 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d611%14 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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