Leif Erlend Johannessen's chess openings
GM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 2410809 games
Leif Erlend Johannessen, Grandmaster from Norway, has 809 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Leif Erlend Johannessen most often opens with 1.d4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White389 games · +170 =142 −77 · 62%
As Black420 games · +138 =185 −97 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening77%298 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%42 games · scores 69% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening9%34 games · scores 66% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense41%88 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game29%63 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%30 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game35%44 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense32%40 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense29%36 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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