Roar Elseth's chess openings
FM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 2201229 games
Roar Elseth, FIDE Master from Norway, has 229 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Roar Elseth most often opens with 1.e4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White121 games · +44 =48 −29 · 56%
As Black108 games · +23 =44 −41 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening88%106 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%11 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening2%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game72%34 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense28%13 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense81%34 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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