Throstur Arnason's chess openings
FM🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 222885 games
Throstur Arnason, FIDE Master from Iceland, has 85 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Throstur Arnason most often opens with 1.d4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White46 games · +14 =10 −22 · 41%
As Black39 games · +7 =5 −27 · 24%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening80%37 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense100%25 games · scores 26% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense78%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 f5
- 1...d5 Closed Game22%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6
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