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Surya Shekhar Ganguly's chess openings

GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 25622,505 games

Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Grandmaster from India, has 2,505 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Surya Shekhar Ganguly most often opens with 1.e4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White1,330 games · +653 =438 −239 · 66%
As Black1,175 games · +442 =441 −292 · 56%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%
    983 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%
    144 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%
    118 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game43%
    221 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense26%
    135 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...e6 French Defense25%
    130 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%
    276 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game27%
    104 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%
    5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 d5

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