Gopal, K's chess openings
CM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 1946144 games
Gopal, K, Candidate Master from India, has 144 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gopal, K most often opens with 1.e4 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White74 games · +34 =7 −33 · 51%
As Black70 games · +17 =5 −48 · 28%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening65%48 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening19%14 games · scores 32% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening9%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense64%27 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense21%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense5%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%15 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%4 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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