Balahari Bharat Kumar's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 2071215 games
Balahari Bharat Kumar, from England, has 215 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Balahari Bharat Kumar most often opens with 1.d4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White109 games · +44 =30 −35 · 54%
As Black106 games · +38 =26 −42 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening85%93 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening7%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense76%45 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense15%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense8%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game89%25 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
- 1...b6 English Defense7%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
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