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Bjornar Byklum's chess openings

FM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 2306158 games

Bjornar Byklum, FIDE Master from Norway, has 158 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bjornar Byklum most often opens with 1.e4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White82 games · +22 =34 −26 · 48%
As Black76 games · +22 =26 −28 · 46%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening52%
    41 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening48%
    38 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense62%
    21 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...d6 Pirc Defense26%
    9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
  3. 1...e5 Open Game9%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense70%
    16 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game30%
    7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5

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