Elmar Karst's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 226196 games
Elmar Karst, FIDE Master from Germany, has 96 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Elmar Karst most often opens with 1.d4 (72% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White50 games · +24 =15 −11 · 63%
As Black46 games · +18 =15 −13 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening72%36 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening18%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 d6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening10%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense52%12 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense17%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...e5 Open Game13%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense29%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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