Sharma Pankaj's chess openings
CM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 186864 games
Sharma Pankaj, Candidate Master from India, has 64 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sharma Pankaj most often opens with 1.d4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White37 games · +14 =7 −16 · 47%
As Black27 games · +11 =4 −12 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening59%22 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening19%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening14%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense77%10 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense15%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game8%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game56%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 e6 3.Nc3 Bxc5
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