Karthikeyan, M2's chess openings
GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 26471,996 games
Karthikeyan, M2, Grandmaster from India, has 1,996 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karthikeyan, M2 most often opens with 1.e4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,014 games · +524 =264 −226 · 65%
As Black982 games · +486 =258 −238 · 63%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%744 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening18%181 games · scores 72% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening7%68 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense69%297 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game23%98 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%25 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense85%312 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%53 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
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