Bruce Diesen's chess openings
FM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 204580 games
Bruce Diesen, FIDE Master from Norway, has 80 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bruce Diesen most often opens with 1.e4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White43 games · +17 =11 −15 · 52%
As Black37 games · +14 =5 −18 · 45%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening58%25 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening28%12 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 c6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening7%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game58%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense26%5 games · scores 90% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5
- 1...e6 French Defense16%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense8%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 c6 3.c3 Nf6
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