Oleg Karataev's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 200418 games
Oleg Karataev, from Russia, has 18 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Oleg Karataev most often opens with 1.e4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White10 games · +4 =1 −5 · 45%
As Black8 games · +2 =2 −4 · 38%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening60%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening40%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense100%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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