Leifur Josteinsson's chess openings
Peak rating 232530 games
Leifur Josteinsson has 30 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Leifur Josteinsson 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...f5.
As White14 games · +2 =2 −10 · 21%
As Black16 games · +2 =2 −12 · 19%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening64%9 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening29%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense30%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense20%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense50%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
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