Nikhil Kumar's chess openings
IM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2336388 games
Nikhil Kumar, International Master from United States, has 388 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikhil Kumar most often opens with 1.d4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White195 games · +73 =52 −70 · 51%
As Black193 games · +63 =60 −70 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening93%182 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening4%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Bb4+
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense78%66 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game21%18 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game56%35 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%27 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 c5
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