Karthikeyan Ajay's chess openings
IM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2355858 games
Karthikeyan Ajay, International Master from India, has 858 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karthikeyan Ajay most often opens with 1.d4 (41% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White432 games · +214 =102 −116 · 61%
As Black426 games · +178 =101 −147 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening41%178 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening37%159 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%59 games · scores 59% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense59%103 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game14%25 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%14 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense62%103 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game26%43 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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