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Halldor Gretar Einarsson's chess openings

FM🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 2125807 games

Halldor Gretar Einarsson, FIDE Master from Iceland, has 807 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Halldor Gretar Einarsson most often opens with 1.d4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White396 games · +133 =30 −233 · 37%
As Black411 games · +122 =50 −239 · 36%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening92%
    363 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%
    32 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense42%
    87 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game27%
    57 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
  3. 1...d6 Pirc Defense20%
    41 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%
    103 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%
    9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
  3. 1...f5 Dutch Defense7%
    9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 c5 3.d5 Qb6

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