Ulf Karlsson's chess openings
🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 1920117 games
Ulf Karlsson, from Sweden, has 117 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ulf Karlsson most often opens with 1.e4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White54 games · +11 =26 −17 · 44%
As Black63 games · +19 =14 −30 · 41%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening87%47 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack7%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense97%35 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nd2 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game58%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense42%8 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
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