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Thorsteinn Magnusson's chess openings

🇮🇸 IcelandPeak rating 1643107 games

Thorsteinn Magnusson, from Iceland, has 107 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Thorsteinn Magnusson most often opens with 1.d4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White52 games · +13 =7 −32 · 32%
As Black55 games · +11 =4 −40 · 24%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening47%
    24 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%
    17 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
  3. 1.c4 English Opening20%
    10 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense77%
    27 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game23%
    8 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game92%
    11 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense8%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7

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