Einar Gausel's chess openings
GM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 2447838 games
Einar Gausel, Grandmaster from Norway, has 838 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Einar Gausel most often opens with 1.d4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White394 games · +164 =170 −60 · 63%
As Black444 games · +150 =194 −100 · 56%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening55%215 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening28%111 games · scores 70% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening11%45 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense25%59 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game19%46 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense19%45 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense49%66 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game36%48 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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