Kartsev, So's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2142130 games
Kartsev, So, from Germany, has 130 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kartsev, So most often opens with 1.e4 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White73 games · +38 =18 −17 · 64%
As Black57 games · +24 =11 −22 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening68%49 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening15%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nf3 h6
- 1.c4 English Opening8%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense46%12 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense23%6 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense15%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%12 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense30%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4
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