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Stefan Arnalds's chess openings

🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 1809130 games

Stefan Arnalds, from Iceland, has 130 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stefan Arnalds most often opens with 1.d4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White73 games · +32 =12 −29 · 52%
As Black57 games · +11 =6 −40 · 25%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening88%
    64 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening7%
    5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%
    4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 Nbd7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense77%
    23 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense20%
    6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
  3. 1...d6 Pirc Defense3%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bc4 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%
    17 games · scores 12% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...d66%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7

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