Lars Karlsson's chess openings
GM🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 24161,059 games
Lars Karlsson, Grandmaster from Sweden, has 1,059 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lars Karlsson most often opens with 1.c4 (34% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White540 games · +260 =203 −77 · 67%
As Black519 games · +216 =194 −109 · 60%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening34%182 games · scores 68% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening23%122 games · scores 66% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack20%106 games · scores 74% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense45%125 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%120 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%21 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense38%68 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense28%51 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense17%30 games · scores 77% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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