Polina Karelina's chess openings
WFM🇧🇸 BahamasFIDE 1908127 games
Polina Karelina, Woman FIDE Master from Bahamas, has 127 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Polina Karelina most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White58 games · +17 =9 −32 · 37%
As Black69 games · +11 =9 −49 · 22%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%57 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense87%26 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...e5 Open Game10%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Qe7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%24 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e4 dxe4
- 1...d64%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
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