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Karlsson, B's chess openings

FM🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 2329116 games

Karlsson, B, FIDE Master from Iceland, has 116 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karlsson, B most often opens with 1.e4 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White64 games · +23 =20 −21 · 52%
As Black52 games · +15 =13 −24 · 41%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening68%
    43 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%
    9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
  3. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%
    6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense83%
    15 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game11%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense6%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 3.Nc3 d5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense54%
    14 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game38%
    10 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...f5 Dutch Defense4%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g5

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