Saevar Bjarnason's chess openings
Peak rating 2420315 games
Saevar Bjarnason has 315 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Saevar Bjarnason most often opens with 1.d4 (42% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White141 games · +48 =45 −48 · 50%
As Black174 games · +53 =46 −75 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening42%59 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening31%44 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%20 games · scores 53% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense46%45 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense25%24 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game21%20 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense95%58 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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