Shaashwath Sivakumar's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2170633 games
Shaashwath Sivakumar, FIDE Master from United States, has 633 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Shaashwath Sivakumar most often opens with 1.d4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White314 games · +122 =38 −154 · 45%
As Black319 games · +111 =42 −166 · 41%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening93%289 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening5%14 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%8 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense79%124 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense8%13 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...e6 French Defense8%13 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game69%66 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense22%21 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
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