Dharshan Kumaran's chess openings
GM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2505233 games
Dharshan Kumaran, Grandmaster from England, has 233 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Dharshan Kumaran most often opens with 1.d4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White123 games · +57 =47 −19 · 65%
As Black110 games · +35 =51 −24 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%111 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening9%11 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense85%53 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense15%9 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%21 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game22%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5
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