Nikolay Kartsev's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 207962 games
Nikolay Kartsev, from Germany, has 62 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikolay Kartsev most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White29 games · +11 =12 −6 · 59%
As Black33 games · +12 =7 −14 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%28 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense79%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game14%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense7%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense8%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
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