Magnus Carlsen's chess openings
GM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 2823499 games
Magnus Carlsen, Grandmaster from Norway, has 499 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Magnus Carlsen most often opens with 1.e4 (49% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White251 games · +125 =94 −32 · 69%
As Black248 games · +66 =123 −59 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening49%123 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening29%73 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening10%25 games · scores 80% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game46%70 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%61 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense68%52 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game31%24 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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