Richard Persson's chess openings
CM🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 2106453 games
Richard Persson, Candidate Master from Sweden, has 453 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Richard Persson most often opens with 1.e4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...a6; against 1.d4 it is 1...a6.
As White219 games · +70 =17 −132 · 36%
As Black234 games · +56 =19 −159 · 28%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening88%190 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening12%25 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 e6
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening0%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...a639%48 games · scores 24% · main line 1.e4 a6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense27%33 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense15%19 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...a638%25 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 a6 2.e4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game36%24 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense9%6 games · scores 8% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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