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Gaurav Kumar's chess openings

Peak rating 197140 games

Gaurav Kumar has 40 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gaurav Kumar most often opens with 1.e4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White16 games · +9 =2 −5 · 63%
As Black24 games · +9 =6 −9 · 50%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening69%
    11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening25%
    4 games · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7
  3. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 g6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense69%
    9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game31%
    4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5

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