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Bjarnason, O's chess openings

🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 2121102 games

Bjarnason, O, from Iceland, has 102 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bjarnason, O most often opens with 1.e4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White57 games · +19 =12 −26 · 44%
As Black45 games · +8 =14 −23 · 33%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening58%
    33 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening16%
    9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 a6
  3. 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack11%
    6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense50%
    13 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense31%
    8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...e5 Open Game12%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game50%
    7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nc629%
    4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Ne5 3.e4 e6
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6

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