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Nils Ragnar Grotnes's chess openings

FM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 2151229 games

Nils Ragnar Grotnes, FIDE Master from Norway, has 229 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nils Ragnar Grotnes most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White115 games · +52 =31 −32 · 59%
As Black114 games · +39 =29 −46 · 47%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%
    113 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense49%
    25 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game25%
    13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  3. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense24%
    12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game57%
    20 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%
    15 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5

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