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Bharati Sonkalan's chess openings

🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 200768 games

Bharati Sonkalan, from India, has 68 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bharati Sonkalan most often opens with 1.e4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White43 games · +16 =7 −20 · 45%
As Black25 games · +7 =6 −12 · 40%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening84%
    36 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening16%
    7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 Bd6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense64%
    9 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense14%
    2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
  3. 1...e5 Open Game14%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%
    7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...f5 Dutch Defense13%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c6

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