Frode Elsness's chess openings
IM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 24051,117 games
Frode Elsness, International Master from Norway, has 1,117 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Frode Elsness most often opens with 1.d4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White566 games · +238 =141 −187 · 55%
As Black551 games · +193 =138 −220 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening67%379 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening21%118 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%41 games · scores 59% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense41%107 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game28%74 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense23%61 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense82%145 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%26 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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