Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury's chess openings
GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2222721 games
Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury, Grandmaster from India, has 721 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury 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 White354 games · +132 =158 −64 · 60%
As Black367 games · +115 =170 −82 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening84%297 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening8%30 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%19 games · scores 45% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.d4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense82%181 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense12%27 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
- 1...e5 Open Game3%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense54%56 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1...d5 Closed Game36%37 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%9 games · scores 72% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c5
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