Espen Lie's chess openings
IM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 2454422 games
Espen Lie, International Master from Norway, has 422 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Espen Lie most often opens with 1.e4 (42% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White210 games · +95 =70 −45 · 62%
As Black212 games · +74 =85 −53 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening42%86 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening29%59 games · scores 65% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
- 1.c4 English Opening26%53 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game46%47 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense33%34 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense10%10 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense49%34 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game32%22 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense10%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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