Magnus Carlsen's chess openings
GM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 28238,602 games
Magnus Carlsen, Grandmaster from Norway, has 8,602 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Magnus Carlsen most often opens with 1.e4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White4,362 games · +2,629 =1,183 −550 · 74%
As Black4,240 games · +2,052 =1,439 −749 · 65%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening48%1,652 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening32%1,099 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening8%275 games · scores 73% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game39%720 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense36%659 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%91 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense66%792 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game26%314 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%35 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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