Players / praveenb2002
GM Praveen Balakrishnan's openings
Chess.com: praveenb2002 · Blitz 2861 · Bullet 2845 · Rapid 2750
From 59 games played on Chess.com between Jan 22, 2026 and Mar 8, 2026: Praveen Balakrishnan scored 58% (28 wins, 12 draws, 19 losses). With White, Praveen Balakrishnan opens 1.Nf3 in 100% of games.
As White: first move
- 1.Nf3: 29 games (100%), scores 60%
As White: openings
- English Opening: 18 games (62%), scores 67%
- Sicilian Defense: 2 games (7%), scores 25%
- Queens Gambit: 2 games (7%), scores 50%
- Old Indian Defense: 1 games (3%), scores 0%
- Kings Indian Defense: 1 games (3%), scores 0%
- Queens Indian Defense: 1 games (3%), scores 100%
- Semi Slav Defense: 1 games (3%), scores 100%
- Tarrasch Defense: 1 games (3%), scores 0%
As Black: against 1.e4
- 1...g6: 19 games (100%), scores 58%
As Black: against 1.d4
- 1...g6: 9 games (100%), scores 61%
As Black: openings
- Modern Defense: 22 games (73%), scores 50%
- Pirc Defense: 5 games (17%), scores 70%
- English Opening: 1 games (3%), scores 100%
- Pirc: 1 games (3%), scores 100%
- Sicilian Defense: 1 games (3%), scores 0%