Murali Karthikeyan's chess openings
GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2647149 games
Murali Karthikeyan, Grandmaster from India, has 149 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Murali Karthikeyan 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 White69 games · +35 =25 −9 · 69%
As Black80 games · +32 =32 −16 · 60%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%51 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%7 games · scores 79% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense68%27 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game28%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%25 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 h6
- 1...c63%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 f6
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