Akshath Shivakumar's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 1928137 games
Akshath Shivakumar, from England, has 137 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Akshath Shivakumar most often opens with 1.d4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White69 games · +32 =15 −22 · 57%
As Black68 games · +10 =29 −29 · 36%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening96%66 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening4%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense65%26 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
- 1...e6 French Defense35%14 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game56%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense25%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense19%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6
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