Anatoly Karpov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 26173,528 games
Anatoly Karpov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 3,528 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Anatoly Karpov most often opens with 1.d4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,875 games · +889 =801 −185 · 69%
As Black1,653 games · +480 =862 −311 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening59%1,098 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening24%442 games · scores 74% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening9%173 games · scores 80% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game43%300 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense41%290 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense11%79 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%562 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%47 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense0%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
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