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Kjetil A Lie's chess openings

GM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 2465857 games

Kjetil A Lie, Grandmaster from Norway, has 857 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kjetil A Lie most often opens with 1.e4 (43% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White467 games · +226 =112 −129 · 60%
As Black390 games · +170 =101 −119 · 57%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening43%
    199 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.c4 English Opening37%
    169 games · scores 62% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
  3. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening12%
    56 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense79%
    137 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...d6 Pirc Defense11%
    20 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
  3. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense3%
    6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 c6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%
    122 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
  2. 1...d612%
    18 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game8%
    12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6

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