Stein Arild Aarland's chess openings
FM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 230094 games
Stein Arild Aarland, FIDE Master from Norway, has 94 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stein Arild Aarland most often opens with 1.c4 (42% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White52 games · +23 =16 −13 · 60%
As Black42 games · +14 =11 −17 · 46%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening42%22 games · scores 59% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening38%20 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense53%10 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense32%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense11%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game44%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense33%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense22%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6
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