Shaaketh Sivakumar's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2310901 games
Shaaketh Sivakumar, FIDE Master from United States, has 901 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Shaaketh Sivakumar most often opens with 1.d4 (43% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White457 games · +206 =70 −181 · 53%
As Black444 games · +176 =58 −210 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening43%195 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening39%178 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening12%55 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense90%183 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense5%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense87%127 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb4+
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense6%9 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
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