Benjamin Halvorsen's chess openings
🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 1987128 games
Benjamin Halvorsen, from Norway, has 128 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Benjamin Halvorsen most often opens with 1.e4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White62 games · +22 =13 −27 · 46%
As Black66 games · +16 =14 −36 · 35%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening93%57 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 Bf5
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening3%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%12 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense37%11 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense20%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense59%16 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 cxd4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense15%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5
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