Bjarnason, S's chess openings
Peak rating 2346248 games
Bjarnason, S has 248 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bjarnason, S most often opens with 1.d4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White112 games · +46 =30 −36 · 54%
As Black136 games · +41 =33 −62 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening40%45 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%37 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening17%19 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense36%25 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense30%21 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense21%15 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%36 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.e3 Qb6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
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