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Gaurav Kumar's chess openings

FM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2031311 games

Gaurav Kumar, FIDE Master from India, has 311 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gaurav Kumar 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 White149 games · +58 =49 −42 · 55%
As Black162 games · +47 =39 −76 · 41%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening84%
    125 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%
    20 games · scores 70% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7
  3. 1.c4 English Opening1%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense62%
    44 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game38%
    27 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense98%
    55 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game2%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6

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