David Kjartansson's chess openings
IM🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 2251509 games
David Kjartansson, International Master from Iceland, has 509 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David Kjartansson most often opens with 1.d4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White248 games · +112 =57 −79 · 57%
As Black261 games · +87 =54 −120 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening47%115 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening44%109 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense56%72 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense25%32 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense15%19 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense52%44 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%28 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d69%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
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