Vladimir Karavaev's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2388127 games
Vladimir Karavaev, FIDE Master from Russia, has 127 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vladimir Karavaev most often opens with 1.e4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White69 games · +27 =18 −24 · 52%
As Black58 games · +22 =16 −20 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening94%64 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense73%16 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense27%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense77%20 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6
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