Helgi Ass Gretarsson's chess openings
GM🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 24051,109 games
Helgi Ass Gretarsson, Grandmaster from Iceland, has 1,109 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Helgi Ass Gretarsson most often opens with 1.d4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White546 games · +261 =151 −134 · 62%
As Black563 games · +212 =167 −184 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening71%387 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.c4 English Opening12%64 games · scores 52% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%59 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game52%150 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense31%90 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense10%30 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game41%78 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense36%68 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense13%25 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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