Pranav Shankar's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 199198 games
Pranav Shankar, from United States, has 98 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pranav Shankar most often opens with 1.d4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White48 games · +15 =13 −20 · 45%
As Black50 games · +14 =9 −27 · 37%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening94%45 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening6%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense100%24 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense56%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game38%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7
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