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Kumar Pradeep Karthik's chess openings

FM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 231679 games

Kumar Pradeep Karthik, FIDE Master from India, has 79 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kumar Pradeep Karthik most often opens with 1.d4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White39 games · +16 =9 −14 · 53%
As Black40 games · +11 =15 −14 · 46%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening87%
    34 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%
    3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense95%
    19 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%
    15 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4+

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