Shelani De Silva's chess openings
🇱🇰 Sri LankaFIDE 170735 games
Shelani De Silva, from Sri Lanka, has 35 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Shelani De Silva most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White17 games · +6 =2 −9 · 41%
As Black18 games · +9 =2 −7 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%17 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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