Shantharam, KV.'s chess openings
FM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 209389 games
Shantharam, KV., FIDE Master from India, has 89 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Shantharam, KV. most often opens with 1.Nf3 (45% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White40 games · +7 =12 −21 · 33%
As Black49 games · +12 =16 −21 · 41%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening45%18 games · scores 28% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening30%12 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening20%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense35%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...e6 French Defense31%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense27%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense63%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense13%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
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