Brian Karen's chess openings
CM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 207111 games
Brian Karen, Candidate Master from United States, has 11 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Brian Karen most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense.
As White7 games · +2 =2 −3 · 43%
As Black4 games · +1 =0 −3 · 25%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense100%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
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