Akshath Shivakumar
ENG · FIDE ID 499765 · 116 tournament games since 2023
Standard
1928
#658 in ENG (active)
Rapid
1876
#691 in ENG (active)
Blitz
1908
#495 in ENG (active)
Score
46%
34 W · 39 D · 43 L
Opp. avg
1972
Last 50 games
Last game
2026-08-09
2026 British Chess Championships: Major Open
Prep summary
- As White: 1.d4 in 96% of games (scores 55%).
- Against 1.e4: 1...c5 in 20 of 34 games (Sicilian Defense), scoring 28%.
- Against 1.d4: 1...d5 in 9 of 16 games (Queen's Pawn Game), scoring 61%.
- Weak spot: French Defense: Exchange Variation as Black, only 30% in 5 games.
- By opponent strength: 30% against higher-rated players, 67% against lower-rated.
- By colour: 54% with White, 39% with Black.
Based on 116 over-the-board games (50 classical · 14 rapid). 57 with White (54%), 59 with Black (39%).
Openings as White
First move
| 1.d4 | 55 | 55% |
| 1.c4 | 2 | 25% |
Most played
| Opening | Games | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Trompowsky Attack | 5 | 40% |
| Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation | 3 | 33% |
| Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack | 3 | 83% |
| Benko Gambit Accepted: Fully Accepted Variation | 3 | 50% |
| Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Rubinstein Variation | 2 | 75% |
Openings as Black
Against 1.e4 (34 games)
| 1...c5 Sicilian Defense | 20 | 28% |
| 1...e6 French Defense | 14 | 39% |
Against 1.d4 (16 games)
| 1...d5 Queen's Pawn Game | 9 | 61% |
| 1...f5 Dutch Defense | 4 | 50% |
| 1...e6 Horwitz Defense | 3 | 67% |
Most played
| Opening | Games | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation | 6 | 58% |
| French Defense: Advance Variation, Euwe Variation | 5 | 50% |
| French Defense: Exchange Variation | 5 | 30% |
| Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation | 4 | 13% |
| Queen's Gambit Declined | 3 | 67% |
Recent games
| Date | Opponent and event | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-09 | Ashwin Gopikrishna (1891) 2026 British Chess Championships: Major Open | ½ |
| 2026-08-08 | Charlie Pearson (1901) 2026 British Chess Championships: Major Open | L |
| 2026-08-07 | Edgar Pack (1855) 2026 British Chess Championships: Major Open | W |
| 2026-08-06 | Ethan Lynch (1857) 2026 British Chess Championships: Major Open | L |
| 2026-08-05 | Thomas Villiers (2220) 2026 British Chess Championships: Major Open | L |
| 2026-08-04 | Max Pert (2183) 2026 British Chess Championships: Major Open | ½ |
| 2026-08-03 | Heath Grimman 2026 British Chess Championships: Major Open | W |
| 2026-08-02 | David Yuan (1753) 2026 British Chess Championships: Major Open | ½ |
| 2026-08-01 | Calvin Chris Biju (1783) 2026 British Chess Championships: Major Open | W |
| 2026-07-23 | Aditya Verma (2172) Sussex University Masters · classical | L |
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