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Roland Ekstroem's chess openings

IM🇨🇭 SwitzerlandFIDE 2391496 games

Roland Ekstroem, International Master from Switzerland, has 496 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Roland Ekstroem most often opens with 1.e4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White248 games · +87 =127 −34 · 61%
As Black248 games · +62 =126 −60 · 50%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening69%
    172 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening18%
    44 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1.c4 English Opening8%
    20 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game35%
    46 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense22%
    29 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
  3. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense19%
    25 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense58%
    51 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game26%
    23 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%
    7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4

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