Alexander Karpov's chess openings
Peak rating 236551 games
Alexander Karpov has 51 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Karpov most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White28 games · +16 =7 −5 · 70%
As Black23 games · +7 =9 −7 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%28 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game50%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game55%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense45%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
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