Karsten Larsen's chess openings
FM🇩🇰 DenmarkFIDE 2172360 games
Karsten Larsen, FIDE Master from Denmark, has 360 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karsten Larsen most often opens with 1.e4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White188 games · +79 =51 −58 · 56%
As Black172 games · +52 =58 −62 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening76%142 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%20 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%18 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game70%39 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense16%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense14%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game46%37 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense34%27 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense11%9 games · scores 22% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
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