Krishnan Sashikiran's chess openings
Peak rating 2536158 games
Krishnan Sashikiran has 158 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Krishnan Sashikiran most often opens with 1.d4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White80 games · +42 =24 −14 · 68%
As Black78 games · +35 =24 −19 · 60%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening95%76 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack5%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game46%22 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense35%17 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense19%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense95%18 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
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