Karen, Brian
CM
United StatesUSA
ID: 2012766
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Brian Karen

FIDE ratings

2,071Classical

Performance

50 games
12% Win
36% Draw
52% Loss

Brian Karen's playing style

Overall score:30%6W 18D 26L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:35%in 20 games
Steady recent form:30%4W 4D 12L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:36%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Closed has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Closed
100%
4g
Latvian Gambit: Fraser Defense
100%
2g
Yusupov-Rubinstein System
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Fianchetto Defense, Fianchetto Gambit
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Staunton Variation has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Staunton Variation
100%
2g
Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl
100%
2g

Repertoire

28 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

28 games in this line · White to move

Results for Karen, Brian as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
7%
43%
50%
Move
20 · 71%
10%
50%
40%
4 · 14%
100%
4 · 14%
50%
50%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Feb 15, 2010
OTB - BenBase
Manukian, Artak(2148)
L—
Feb 15, 2010
OTB - BenBase
Manukian, Artak(2148)
L—
Apr 7, 2007
OTB - Codekiddy
Fleischman, Eric(2092)
L—
Apr 7, 2007
OTB - Masters
Fleischman, Eric(2092)
L—
Apr 6, 2007
OTB - PGNMentor
FMRiordan, Charles(2270)
L—
Apr 6, 2007
OTB - PGN-Mentor
FMRiordan, Charles(2270)
L—
Nov 13, 2006
OTB - PGNMentor
Aaron Joseph(1056)
W—
Nov 13, 2006
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Amaral, Joseph W
W—
Nov 6, 2006
OTB - Codekiddy
Jarva, Eugene Edward
L—
Nov 6, 2006
OTB - Codekiddy
Jarva, Eugene Edward
L—

Research Brian Karen’s games and opening repertoire

CM Brian Karen is rated 2071 in standard by FIDE. Brian Karen plays for United States.

Brian Karen has FIDE ID 2012766.

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