Ernst Larsen's chess openings
Peak rating 220022 games
Ernst Larsen has 22 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ernst Larsen most often opens with 1.d4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White8 games · +4 =2 −2 · 63%
As Black14 games · +2 =5 −7 · 32%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening63%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening25%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense75%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense25%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
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