Kulkarni, R's chess openings
IM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2321639 games
Kulkarni, R, International Master from India, has 639 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kulkarni, R most often opens with 1.e4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White326 games · +124 =63 −139 · 48%
As Black313 games · +118 =58 −137 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening84%269 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening8%26 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%10 games · scores 80% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense79%115 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense13%19 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%81 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense8%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%8 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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