Shankar Gauri's chess openings
IM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2360669 games
Shankar Gauri, International Master from India, has 669 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Shankar Gauri most often opens with 1.d4 (36% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White330 games · +88 =156 −86 · 50%
As Black339 games · +76 =157 −106 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening36%120 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening35%114 games · scores 48% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening23%75 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game53%68 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense26%33 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%27 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense85%120 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%19 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense1%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6
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