Karpov, Va's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2282141 games
Karpov, Va, International Master from Russia, has 141 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karpov, Va most often opens with 1.Nf3 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White73 games · +28 =15 −30 · 49%
As Black68 games · +19 =24 −25 · 46%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening63%45 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening18%13 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening17%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game44%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense24%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense16%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%22 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
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