Shawnak Shivakumar's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2308212 games
Shawnak Shivakumar, FIDE Master from United States, has 212 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Shawnak Shivakumar most often opens with 1.c4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White103 games · +43 =24 −36 · 53%
As Black109 games · +32 =26 −51 · 41%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening47%46 games · scores 49% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening32%31 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%10 games · scores 70% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game40%19 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense30%14 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense15%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game74%26 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense17%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nf6
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