Sergey Karjakin's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 27503,636 games
Sergey Karjakin, Grandmaster from Russia, has 3,636 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sergey Karjakin most often opens with 1.e4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,842 games · +799 =744 −299 · 64%
As Black1,794 games · +553 =831 −410 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening78%1,428 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%187 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%123 games · scores 59% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game61%431 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense34%238 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%33 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense73%520 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game26%189 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense0%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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