Jan Karsten's chess openings
IM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 2387229 games
Jan Karsten, International Master from South Africa, has 229 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jan Karsten most often opens with 1.e4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White116 games · +60 =27 −29 · 63%
As Black113 games · +47 =26 −40 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening92%107 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bf5 3.Bg2 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening3%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense47%24 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game29%15 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense16%8 games · scores 88% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense79%27 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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