Thor Geir Harestad's chess openings
FM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 2035252 games
Thor Geir Harestad, FIDE Master from Norway, has 252 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Thor Geir Harestad most often opens with 1.d4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White121 games · +42 =42 −37 · 52%
As Black131 games · +52 =33 −46 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening64%77 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening19%23 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%15 games · scores 47% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense91%60 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%5 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense82%31 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense8%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c4 c5
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