MagnusCarlsen's chess openings
GM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 2823113 games
MagnusCarlsen, Grandmaster from Norway, has 113 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, MagnusCarlsen most often opens with 1.e4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White57 games · +28 =19 −10 · 66%
As Black56 games · +25 =21 −10 · 63%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening40%23 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%20 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening21%12 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game63%24 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense16%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
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