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Pal Magnussen's chess openings

🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 1911127 games

Pal Magnussen, from Sweden, has 127 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pal Magnussen most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White61 games · +14 =13 −34 · 34%
As Black66 games · +26 =14 −26 · 50%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    61 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game100%
    23 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%
    21 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
  2. 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense13%
    3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 b5

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