Justin Sarkar's chess openings
IM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 22564,491 games
Justin Sarkar, International Master from United States, has 4,491 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Justin Sarkar most often opens with 1.d4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White2,271 games · +974 =335 −962 · 50%
As Black2,220 games · +754 =366 −1,100 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening58%1,123 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening40%779 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening1%24 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game49%464 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense37%345 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense7%64 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense79%433 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%77 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense3%19 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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