Shawnak Shivakumar's chess openings
Peak rating 235679 games
Shawnak Shivakumar has 79 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Shawnak Shivakumar most often opens with 1.d4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White36 games · +17 =10 −9 · 61%
As Black43 games · +9 =12 −22 · 35%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening50%18 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening39%14 games · scores 57% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game50%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game90%9 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense10%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
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