Margeir Petursson's chess openings
GM🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 23861,486 games
Margeir Petursson, Grandmaster from Iceland, has 1,486 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Margeir Petursson most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White749 games · +350 =260 −139 · 64%
As Black737 games · +242 =317 −178 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%419 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening40%297 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%27 games · scores 59% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense87%301 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense11%37 games · scores 73% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense73%204 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game27%76 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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