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Dommaraju Gukesh's chess openings

GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 27103,167 games

Dommaraju Gukesh, Grandmaster from India, has 3,167 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Dommaraju Gukesh most often opens with 1.d4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White1,602 games · +771 =429 −402 · 62%
As Black1,565 games · +634 =411 −520 · 54%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening44%
    655 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening29%
    426 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening17%
    254 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense45%
    332 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
  2. 1...e5 Open Game25%
    187 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense25%
    183 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%
    358 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game31%
    167 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1...f5 Dutch Defense1%
    6 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6

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