Nikita Karulin's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 189616 games
Nikita Karulin, from Russia, has 16 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikita Karulin most often opens with 1.d4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense.
As White10 games · +1 =4 −5 · 30%
As Black6 games · +1 =2 −3 · 33%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.Bf4 d6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening10%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense83%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
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