Costas Karayiannis's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 214136 games
Costas Karayiannis, from England, has 36 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Costas Karayiannis most often opens with 1.d4 (72% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White18 games · +8 =4 −6 · 56%
As Black18 games · +1 =7 −10 · 25%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening72%13 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening22%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense83%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense17%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game40%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Bf5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
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