Hamish Olson's chess openings
FM🏴 ScotlandFIDE 2251307 games
Hamish Olson, FIDE Master from Scotland, has 307 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Hamish Olson most often opens with 1.d4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White152 games · +64 =42 −46 · 56%
As Black155 games · +51 =52 −52 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening54%81 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening31%47 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%19 games · scores 42% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game73%47 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense17%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense6%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game77%49 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense17%11 games · scores 18% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d65%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
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