Yashwardhan Shankar's chess openings
🏴 ScotlandFIDE 2101168 games
Yashwardhan Shankar, from Scotland, has 168 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yashwardhan Shankar 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 White83 games · +40 =21 −22 · 61%
As Black85 games · +21 =26 −38 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening66%55 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening34%28 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense65%32 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense35%17 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%25 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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