Karl Robatsch's chess openings
Peak rating 2460691 games
Karl Robatsch has 691 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karl Robatsch most often opens with 1.e4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White359 games · +88 =205 −66 · 53%
As Black332 games · +64 =158 −110 · 43%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening44%158 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening31%112 games · scores 51% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening20%72 games · scores 54% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%95 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game25%40 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%13 games · scores 73% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense85%93 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...g6 Modern Defense14%15 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
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