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Nikita Karpov's chess openings

🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 17118 games

Nikita Karpov, from Russia, has 8 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikita Karpov most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense.

As White5 games · +2 =1 −2 · 50%
As Black3 games · +1 =0 −2 · 33%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4

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