Karen Petrosian's chess openings
Peak rating 244080 games
Karen Petrosian has 80 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karen Petrosian most often opens with 1.d4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White40 games · +14 =13 −13 · 51%
As Black40 games · +17 =11 −12 · 56%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening80%32 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening5%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense63%12 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5
- 1...e6 French Defense32%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense87%13 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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