Karen Askarian's chess openings
Peak rating 229538 games
Karen Askarian has 38 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karen Askarian most often opens with 1.d4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White18 games · +3 =6 −9 · 33%
As Black20 games · +6 =5 −9 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening67%12 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening22%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 b6
- 1.c4 English Opening11%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense44%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense33%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense63%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...d613%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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