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Sergey Karjakin's chess openings

34 games

Sergey Karjakin has 34 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sergey Karjakin most often opens with 1.e4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White17 games · +8 =4 −5 · 59%
As Black17 games · +2 =9 −6 · 38%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening76%
    13 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening18%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 h6
  3. 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack6%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game78%
    7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense22%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5

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