Olafur Magnusson's chess openings
🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 218354 games
Olafur Magnusson, from Iceland, has 54 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Olafur Magnusson most often opens with 1.e4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White26 games · +11 =11 −4 · 63%
As Black28 games · +16 =6 −6 · 68%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening54%14 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening31%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening8%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense60%9 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense20%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense13%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%7 games · scores 79% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game22%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6
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