Fabiano Caruana's chess openings
Peak rating 2794122 games
Fabiano Caruana has 122 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Fabiano Caruana most often opens with 1.e4 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White62 games · +22 =25 −15 · 56%
As Black60 games · +16 =24 −20 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening65%40 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening27%17 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening3%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d3 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game77%24 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense10%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense69%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d66%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6
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