Karl Holdo's chess openings
🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 174044 games
Karl Holdo, from New Zealand, has 44 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karl Holdo most often opens with 1.d4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White18 games · +6 =3 −9 · 42%
As Black26 games · +5 =6 −15 · 31%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening50%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening28%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.d4 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening17%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense75%9 games · scores 11% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense17%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense60%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4 d6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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