Erlend Mikalsen's chess openings
IM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 2329447 games
Erlend Mikalsen, International Master from Norway, has 447 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Erlend Mikalsen most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White225 games · +108 =53 −64 · 60%
As Black222 games · +75 =66 −81 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%222 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense77%60 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game23%18 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%88 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense6%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g5
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
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