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Christian Karstensen's chess openings

🇩🇰 DenmarkFIDE 207615 games

Christian Karstensen, from Denmark, has 15 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Christian Karstensen most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.

As White8 games · +2 =3 −3 · 44%
As Black7 games · +2 =1 −4 · 36%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense80%
    4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 g6
  2. 1...e5 Open Game20%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense50%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4

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