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Christian Harstad's chess openings

🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 1898179 games

Christian Harstad, from Norway, has 179 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Christian Harstad most often opens with 1.d4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White94 games · +31 =20 −43 · 44%
As Black85 games · +21 =13 −51 · 32%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening92%
    86 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%
    7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game78%
    36 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense22%
    10 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense96%
    26 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
  2. 1...f5 Dutch Defense4%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6

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