Mar Arnold's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2517213 games
Mar Arnold, Grandmaster from United States, has 213 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mar Arnold most often opens with 1.d4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White99 games · +41 =42 −16 · 63%
As Black114 games · +33 =44 −37 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening69%67 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%15 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening12%12 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense95%57 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
- 1...e6 French Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%36 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 f5
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