Karthikeyan, P's chess openings
GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2287150 games
Karthikeyan, P, Grandmaster from India, has 150 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karthikeyan, P most often opens with 1.d4 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White73 games · +33 =25 −15 · 62%
As Black77 games · +33 =23 −21 · 58%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening79%58 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening12%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game47%20 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense30%13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense21%9 games · scores 78% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nce7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense90%19 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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