Karsten Volke's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2394444 games
Karsten Volke, International Master from Germany, has 444 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karsten Volke most often opens with 1.d4 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White221 games · +86 =103 −32 · 62%
As Black223 games · +79 =91 −53 · 56%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening65%143 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening12%27 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%21 games · scores 71% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense57%51 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game29%26 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense7%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense99%82 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
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