Ellen Kakulidis's chess openings
WFM🇩🇰 DenmarkFIDE 2082352 games
Ellen Kakulidis, Woman FIDE Master from Denmark, has 352 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ellen Kakulidis most often opens with 1.d4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White174 games · +56 =42 −76 · 44%
As Black178 games · +34 =44 −100 · 31%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening87%152 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%15 games · scores 17% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening2%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game42%34 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense32%26 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense20%16 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game58%36 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense26%16 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense15%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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