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Aravindh Chithambaram — Openings

Aravindh Chithambaram's most-played openings, with game counts.

Aravindh Chithambaram's favorite openings

Aravindh Chithambaram's most played openings in the Rama Chess archive: with White the Sicilian Defense (10 games), Queen's Pawn Game (10 games), English Opening (10 games); with Black the Sicilian Defense (12 games), English Opening (8 games), Queen's Gambit Declined (7 games). Best score in an opening played at least 5 times: 80% in the Queen's Gambit Accepted.

Opening familyGamesAs WhiteAs BlackScore
Sicilian Defense22101240.9%
English Opening1810841.7%
Queen's Pawn Game1610646.9%
Reti Opening1510520%
Queen's Gambit Declined136734.6%
Caro-Kann Defense104640%
Nimzo-Larsen Attack95416.7%
King's Indian (East Indian) Defense85343.8%
Grunfeld Defense74342.9%
Ruy Lopez74378.6%
French Defense54160%
Queen's Gambit Accepted52380%
King's Indian Attack43162.5%
King's Indian Defense43150%
Pirc Defense4130%
Queen's Pawn Game (Colle System)43137.5%
Uncommon Opening43112.5%
Queen's Indian Defense30366.7%
Alekhine's Defense2110%
Dutch Defense21150%

Families from the ECO codes of 182 games (2026-10-31). Score = wins plus half the draws. The full list by ECO code is below.

All openings by ECO code

Reti Opening (A05)10Nimzo-Larsen Attack (A01)9Caro-Kann: Advance (B12)7Queen's Pawn Game (A45)6Sicilian Defense (B40)5Queen's Pawn Game (D02)5QGD: Exchange (D35)5Neo-Grünfeld (D78)5Polish (Sokolsky) Opening (A00)4English: Neo-Catalan (A14)4King's Indian, East Indian (A48)4King's Indian, Fianchetto (A49)4Reti Opening (A06)3Colle System (D05)3QGD (D31)3QGD (D37)3Reti Opening (A04)2King's Indian Attack (A07)2King's Indian Attack (A08)2English Opening (A10)2English: Caro-Kann Defensive System (A11)2English Opening (A20)2English: Four Knights (A28)2Queen's Indian (A47)2Queen's Pawn Game (A50)2Alekhine's Defense (B02)2Modern Defense (B06)2Pirc: Classical (B08)2Caro-Kann: Exchange (B13)2Sicilian: Alapin (B22)2Sicilian: Rossolimo (B31)2Sicilian Defense (B33)2Sicilian: Kan (B42)2Sicilian: Najdorf (B90)2French: Tarrasch (C07)2Italian Game (C50)2Two Knights Defense (C55)2Ruy Lopez: Berlin, Open (C67)2QGD (D30)2English Opening (A23)1English: Four Knights (A29)1English: Symmetrical (A30)1English: Symmetrical (A35)1English: Symmetrical (A36)1English Opening (A39)1Queen's Pawn Game (A40)1Queen's Pawn Game (A46)1Dutch Defense (A84)1Dutch Defense (A88)1Pirc Defense (B07)1Pirc: Austrian Attack (B09)1Caro-Kann Defense (B10)1Sicilian: Smith-Morra Gambit (B21)1Sicilian Defense (B27)1Sicilian Defense (B30)1Sicilian Defense (B56)1Sicilian: Dragon (B72)1Sicilian Defense (B76)1Sicilian: Najdorf (B91)1French: Exchange (C01)1French: Advance (C02)1French: Classical (C11)1Bishop's Opening (C24)1Vienna Game (C28)1King's Gambit Accepted (C36)1King's Gambit Accepted (C37)1Scotch Game (C45)1Four Knights (C47)1Italian: Classical (C53)1Ruy Lopez: Classical (C64)1Ruy Lopez: Exchange (C69)1Ruy Lopez (C78)1Ruy Lopez: Closed (C84)1Ruy Lopez: Closed (C88)1Queen's Pawn Game (D00)1Queen's Pawn Game (D04)1Albin Counter-Gambit (D08)1Slav Defense (D10)1Slav: Exchange (D12)1QGA (D20)1QGA (D21)1Queen's Gambit Accepted (D22)1Queen's Gambit Accepted (D25)1QGA: Classical (D27)1Grunfeld Defense (D77)1Neo-Grünfeld (D79)1Queen's Pawn Game (E00)1Catalan: Closed (E06)1Bogo-Indian (E11)1Queen's Indian (E12)1Nimzo-Indian Defense (E26)1King's Indian Defense (E60)1King's Indian: Fianchetto (E62)1King's Indian (E70)1King's Indian: Classical (E92)1

FAQ

What are Aravindh Chithambaram's favorite openings?

Aravindh Chithambaram's most played openings in the Rama Chess archive: with White the Sicilian Defense (10 games), Queen's Pawn Game (10 games), English Opening (10 games); with Black the Sicilian Defense (12 games), English Opening (8 games), Queen's Gambit Declined (7 games). Best score in an opening played at least 5 times: 80% in the Queen's Gambit Accepted.

What does Aravindh Chithambaram play with Black?

With Black the most played opening families are: Sicilian Defense (12), English Opening (8), Queen's Gambit Declined (7), Queen's Pawn Game (6).

How many different openings does Aravindh Chithambaram play here?

95 ECO codes in 35 opening families, in 182 games with a known ECO code.