Karl Mah's chess openings
IM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2411228 games
Karl Mah, International Master from England, has 228 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karl Mah most often opens with 1.d4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White113 games · +42 =51 −20 · 60%
As Black115 games · +44 =39 −32 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening58%66 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening21%24 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening17%19 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense49%33 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense27%18 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense18%12 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense44%14 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game41%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d69%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6
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