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Vaibhav Kalpaka's chess openings

FM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2205176 games

Vaibhav Kalpaka, FIDE Master from India, has 176 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vaibhav Kalpaka most often opens with 1.e4 (33% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White84 games · +37 =32 −15 · 63%
As Black92 games · +34 =32 −26 · 54%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%
    27 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening28%
    23 games · scores 70% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7
  3. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening18%
    15 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense52%
    25 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game48%
    23 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%
    19 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game20%
    5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...d64%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5

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