Karthikeyan, P2's chess openings
GM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2287720 games
Karthikeyan, P2, Grandmaster from India, has 720 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karthikeyan, P2 most often opens with 1.d4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White363 games · +167 =137 −59 · 65%
As Black357 games · +120 =138 −99 · 53%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening57%207 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening23%83 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%54 games · scores 73% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game40%63 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense36%56 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense84%109 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%17 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense2%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
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