Karen Asrian's chess openings
Peak rating 2646632 games
Karen Asrian has 632 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karen Asrian most often opens with 1.e4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White344 games · +143 =167 −34 · 66%
As Black288 games · +79 =166 −43 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%340 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening0%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense84%130 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense10%16 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense3%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game80%82 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense11%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense10%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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