Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson's chess openings
GM🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 2494838 games
Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson, Grandmaster from Iceland, has 838 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson most often opens with 1.d4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White425 games · +223 =126 −76 · 67%
As Black413 games · +186 =116 −111 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening48%201 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening35%148 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening9%39 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense71%125 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game19%34 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%12 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense68%110 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%31 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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