Karsten Schuster's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2192810 games
Karsten Schuster, FIDE Master from Germany, has 810 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karsten Schuster most often opens with 1.d4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White411 games · +146 =66 −199 · 44%
As Black399 games · +130 =55 −214 · 39%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening63%255 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening16%66 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%51 games · scores 35% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense71%132 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense25%47 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense4%7 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game74%95 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense19%24 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense6%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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