Arnt Esbensen's chess openings
🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 214345 games
Arnt Esbensen, from Norway, has 45 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Arnt Esbensen most often opens with 1.d4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White23 games · +13 =2 −8 · 61%
As Black22 games · +12 =2 −8 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening83%19 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening9%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bc5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game89%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense11%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game70%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense10%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6
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