Bhakti Kulkarni's chess openings
IM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2316274 games
Bhakti Kulkarni, International Master from India, has 274 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bhakti Kulkarni most often opens with 1.d4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White138 games · +62 =37 −39 · 58%
As Black136 games · +53 =46 −37 · 56%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening63%86 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening34%46 games · scores 68% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game34%27 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
- 1...e6 French Defense29%23 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%10 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense35%13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense16%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
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