Pontus Carlsson's chess openings
GM🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 2450918 games
Pontus Carlsson, Grandmaster from Sweden, has 918 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pontus Carlsson most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White480 games · +216 =168 −96 · 63%
As Black438 games · +143 =146 −149 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%469 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%8 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense78%143 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense15%27 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense6%11 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense69%116 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense28%46 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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