M Shah Ansh's chess openings
🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 22341,151 games
M Shah Ansh, from India, has 1,151 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, M Shah Ansh most often opens with 1.d4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White557 games · +221 =47 −289 · 44%
As Black594 games · +205 =57 −332 · 39%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening88%486 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%38 games · scores 47% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack4%24 games · scores 52% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense83%235 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense8%22 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense5%15 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense90%170 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...c66%11 games · scores 9% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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