Vinay S Bhat's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2519552 games
Vinay S Bhat, Grandmaster from United States, has 552 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vinay S Bhat most often opens with 1.d4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White281 games · +123 =88 −70 · 59%
As Black271 games · +104 =93 −74 · 56%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening52%145 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening46%129 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening1%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense54%77 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game42%59 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense4%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game86%71 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense13%11 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c6
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