Rajaa Karthik's chess openings
IM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2276515 games
Rajaa Karthik, International Master from India, has 515 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rajaa Karthik most often opens with 1.Nf3 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White259 games · +121 =79 −59 · 62%
As Black256 games · +89 =68 −99 · 48%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening56%144 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening22%58 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening9%24 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense68%80 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense13%15 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense11%13 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%90 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d64%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 e5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Bg7
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