Thor Saemundsson's chess openings
🏴 ScotlandFIDE 154224 games
Thor Saemundsson, from Scotland, has 24 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Thor Saemundsson most often opens with 1.d4 (33% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White9 games · +2 =2 −5 · 33%
As Black15 games · +1 =6 −8 · 27%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening33%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d3 d5 3.Nbd2 Nc6
- 1.c4 English Opening22%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense50%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nd7 3.Nf3 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.d5 d6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense38%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Bf4 Bg7 3.e4 c5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense13%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7
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