Roy Shankar's chess openings
IM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 231186 games
Roy Shankar, International Master from India, has 86 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Roy Shankar most often opens with 1.e4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White42 games · +15 =11 −16 · 49%
As Black44 games · +16 =8 −20 · 45%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening90%38 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening7%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense44%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%10 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game8%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game57%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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