Karl Petrosian's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2348137 games
Karl Petrosian, FIDE Master from Russia, has 137 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karl Petrosian most often opens with 1.e4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White70 games · +39 =9 −22 · 62%
As Black67 games · +33 =5 −29 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening97%68 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Be2 Nc6 3.f4 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening3%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense91%31 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense6%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c3 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%23 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6
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