Joel Akesson's chess openings
FM🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 2249235 games
Joel Akesson, FIDE Master from Sweden, has 235 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joel Akesson most often opens with 1.d4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White93 games · +28 =41 −24 · 52%
As Black142 games · +43 =51 −48 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening48%45 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.c4 English Opening30%28 games · scores 57% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%15 games · scores 43% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense79%54 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense18%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game41%23 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense39%22 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense20%11 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
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