Sergei Karjakin's chess openings
🇪🇪 EstoniaFIDE 205731 games
Sergei Karjakin, from Estonia, has 31 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sergei Karjakin most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White14 games · +5 =7 −2 · 61%
As Black17 games · +6 =4 −7 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 Nf6
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