Shyam, SM's chess openings
GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 24981,318 games
Shyam, SM, Grandmaster from India, has 1,318 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Shyam, SM most often opens with 1.e4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White651 games · +309 =219 −123 · 64%
As Black667 games · +256 =243 −168 · 57%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening69%450 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening18%117 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening8%51 games · scores 69% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game49%146 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense30%90 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense12%37 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%183 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%36 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5
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