MiJ Karlsson's chess openings
🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 2126182 games
MiJ Karlsson, from Iceland, has 182 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, MiJ Karlsson most often opens with 1.c4 (73% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White90 games · +46 =12 −32 · 58%
As Black92 games · +32 =10 −50 · 40%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening73%65 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening9%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.g3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense97%38 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game53%17 games · scores 26% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense44%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6
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