Erik Holstein's chess openings
🇩🇰 DenmarkFIDE 205246 games
Erik Holstein, from Denmark, has 46 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Erik Holstein most often opens with 1.e4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White25 games · +7 =8 −10 · 44%
As Black21 games · +3 =9 −9 · 36%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening76%19 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening20%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense91%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense86%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
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