Ivar Bern's chess openings
IM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 2303452 games
Ivar Bern, International Master from Norway, has 452 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ivar Bern most often opens with 1.d4 (42% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White226 games · +80 =75 −71 · 52%
As Black226 games · +63 =87 −76 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening42%94 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening37%83 games · scores 51% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%28 games · scores 39% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense53%59 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense38%42 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense5%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense61%42 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense28%19 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d64%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 exd4
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