Shanmukha R Meruga's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2012327 games
Shanmukha R Meruga, from United States, has 327 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Shanmukha R Meruga most often opens with 1.e4 (49% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White158 games · +54 =17 −87 · 40%
As Black169 games · +45 =16 −108 · 31%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening49%76 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening43%66 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game43%36 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense29%24 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense14%12 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%43 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...c62%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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