Marek Karas's chess openings
FM🇸🇰 SlovakiaFIDE 22392,213 games
Marek Karas, FIDE Master from Slovakia, has 2,213 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marek Karas most often opens with 1.d4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,100 games · +435 =211 −454 · 49%
As Black1,113 games · +388 =201 −524 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening74%640 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening10%85 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%73 games · scores 53% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense59%268 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense25%114 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%24 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense74%234 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game16%51 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...a64%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 a6 2.e4 e6 3.Bd3 d5
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