Eric Hansen's chess openings
GM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 26093,562 games
Eric Hansen, Grandmaster from Canada, has 3,562 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Eric Hansen most often opens with 1.e4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,812 games · +1,051 =288 −473 · 66%
As Black1,750 games · +868 =306 −576 · 58%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening78%1,321 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening9%151 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%145 games · scores 73% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense65%482 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game24%180 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense5%38 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense95%552 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game4%22 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c60%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
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