Narayanan S L

IND IND·Born 1998·FIDE #5058422·3,287 Games

Classical25832,753 Games

Rapid2542175 Games

Blitz2643411 Games

Statistics

3287

Total

1585

Wins

1020

Draws

682

Losses

48%31%21%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 94.0% average

High resilience (59%): Dangerous even when losing

Solid conversion: 84%

Very consistent (88%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.e3 ♔ (100% in 12 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 764 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening96.7%

Middlegame93.9%

Endgame95.4%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+4%

Winning (+2 or more)94%

210 Games

Equal position95%

221 Games

Losing (-2 or more)90%

69 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♖

24%

71 errors

♙

19%

57 errors

♔

16%

47 errors

♞

15%

46 errors

♕

14%

43 errors

♗

12%

37 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 44average

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

45% of blunders occur between move 46+. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many

Few

Critical squares

f412 err

d411 err

a410 err

d510 err

h410 err

f4/d4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

Amartuvshin, Ganzorig2418

X Open Semana Santa 2026 ... · 6 Apr 2026

0-1

Martin Carmona, Gaston Manuel2355

X Open Semana Santa 2026 ... · 5 Apr 2026

0-1

Wu, Yixing2343

X Open Semana Santa 2026 ... · 5 Apr 2026

½-½

Ajay Krishna, S2354

X Open Semana Santa 2026 ... · 4 Apr 2026

½-½

Apaar Saxena2185

X Open Semana Santa 2026 ... · 3 Apr 2026

1-0

Zhong, Kangmin2348

X Open Semana Santa 2026 ... · 3 Apr 2026

½-½

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!

White

Ruy Lopez: Berlin

47.4%

19 Games·Loses

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6

Italian: Giuoco Piano

44.4%

9 GamesLow sample·Loses

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5

Black

Sicilian: Kan

62.5%

16 Games·Loses

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6

Strengths

AVOID

White

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6

87.5%

16 Games·Wins

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6

Sicilian: 2...Nc6

70.6%

17 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6

Black

Sicilian: Sveshnikov

61.9%

21 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5

Caro-Kann: Exchange

57.9%

19 Games·Wins

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors

▶

#43Kg6??

Endgame

vs Van Foreest

Blitz·2025

▶

#26Bf2??

Tactics

vs Khubukshanov

Blitz·2025

▶

#28Ke7??

Tactics

vs Kozak

Blitz·2025

▶

#78Ke5??

Endgame

vs Nepomniachtchi

Blitz·2025

▶

#28Kh7??

Tactics

vs Gharibyan

Blitz·2025

▶

#68Qd4??

Endgame

vs Yu

OTB·2025

▶

#68Qd4??

Endgame

vs Yu

OTB·2025

▶

#71Ke7??

Endgame

vs Vitiugov

OTB·2025

▶

#50Re8??

Endgame

vs Sapenov

OTB·2025

▶

#67Bb7??

Endgame

vs Ansat

OTB·2025

Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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Starting Position

1651 Games

53%29%18%

Move	Games	%
1.d4	709	67%
1.e4	427	66%
1.Nf3	233	67%
1.c4 Strong	137	70%
1.b3 Strong	58	77%
1.g3 Strong	23	83%
1.f4 Strong	13	81%
1.e3 Strong	12	100%
1.Nc3 Strong	11	86%
1.a3	7	64%
1.b4 Strong	5	90%
1.c3 Strong	5	80%
1.Na3 Strong	5	90%
1.d3 Strong	2	100%
1.h3 Strong	2	75%
1.g4 Weak	1	0%
1.Nh3	1	50%

1.d4

67%

709

1.e4

66%

427

1.Nf3

67%

233

1.c4

70%

137

1.b3

77%

1.g3

83%

1.f4

81%

1.e3

100%

1.Nc3

86%

1.a3

64%

1.b4

90%

1.c3

80%

1.Na3

90%

1.d3

100%

1.h3

75%

1.g4

1.Nh3

50%

Narayanan S L

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Statistics

Play Style

Deep Analysis

Clutch Factor

Problematic Pieces

Critical Moment

Error Heatmap

Recent Games

Openings

Weaknesses

Ruy Lopez: Berlin

Italian: Giuoco Piano

Sicilian: Kan

Strengths

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6

Sicilian: 2...Nc6

Sicilian: Sveshnikov

Caro-Kann: Exchange

Critical Blunders