Jai Kothari's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 2195162 games
Jai Kothari, from England, has 162 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jai Kothari most often opens with 1.e4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White89 games · +39 =22 −28 · 56%
As Black73 games · +26 =19 −28 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%88 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense69%22 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game22%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense9%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense81%26 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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