Gauri Shankar's chess openings
🇮🇳 India107 games
Gauri Shankar, from India, has 107 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gauri Shankar most often opens with 1.d4 (39% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White51 games · +7 =30 −14 · 43%
As Black56 games · +10 =29 −17 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening39%20 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening37%19 games · scores 34% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening18%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game84%21 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense12%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%20 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
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