Joel Eklund's chess openings
🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 2190150 games
Joel Eklund, from Sweden, has 150 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joel Eklund most often opens with 1.d4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White79 games · +43 =16 −20 · 65%
As Black71 games · +15 =21 −35 · 36%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening71%56 games · scores 74% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening15%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening9%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%21 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense48%20 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense90%18 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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