Sai Ch Karthik's chess openings
CM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2091172 games
Sai Ch Karthik, Candidate Master from India, has 172 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sai Ch Karthik most often opens with 1.d4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White85 games · +26 =11 −48 · 37%
As Black87 games · +15 =12 −60 · 24%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening44%37 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening43%36 games · scores 36% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening11%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense59%23 games · scores 22% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense38%15 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense53%17 games · scores 12% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game47%15 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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