Pascal Karsay's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2375273 games
Pascal Karsay, FIDE Master from Germany, has 273 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pascal Karsay most often opens with 1.Nf3 (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 White134 games · +65 =24 −45 · 57%
As Black139 games · +58 =29 −52 · 52%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening59%79 games · scores 54% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening21%28 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%19 games · scores 76% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game70%49 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense23%16 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense6%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense96%45 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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