Jon L Arnason's chess openings
GM🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 2404934 games
Jon L Arnason, Grandmaster from Iceland, has 934 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jon L Arnason most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White502 games · +200 =218 −84 · 62%
As Black432 games · +132 =184 −116 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%476 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening3%16 games · scores 94% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense86%148 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game14%24 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense91%167 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game9%17 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4
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