Benedikt Briem's chess openings
CM🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 2239262 games
Benedikt Briem, Candidate Master from Iceland, has 262 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Benedikt Briem most often opens with 1.d4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White133 games · +54 =33 −46 · 53%
As Black129 games · +41 =26 −62 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%120 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening5%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening2%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense38%24 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game29%18 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense19%12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game61%22 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense28%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense11%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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