Olafsson, H1's chess openings
GM🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 2447354 games
Olafsson, H1, Grandmaster from Iceland, has 354 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Olafsson, H1 most often opens with 1.d4 (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 White179 games · +74 =58 −47 · 58%
As Black175 games · +52 =60 −63 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening43%76 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening34%61 games · scores 54% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening19%33 games · scores 74% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense49%37 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game29%22 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense12%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%56 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6
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