Sankalan Shah's chess openings
CM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 1798240 games
Sankalan Shah, Candidate Master from India, has 240 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sankalan Shah most often opens with 1.d4 (66% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White116 games · +33 =17 −66 · 36%
As Black124 games · +30 =13 −81 · 29%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening66%77 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening31%36 games · scores 35% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense72%44 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game20%12 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%29 games · scores 24% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game24%9 games · scores 22% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
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