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Johan Salomon's chess openings

GM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 2492692 games

Johan Salomon, Grandmaster from Norway, has 692 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Johan Salomon most often opens with 1.e4 (34% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White362 games · +152 =114 −96 · 58%
As Black330 games · +121 =101 −108 · 52%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening34%
    121 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening29%
    106 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening27%
    98 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game45%
    54 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%
    51 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...e6 French Defense7%
    8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense79%
    104 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game18%
    24 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6

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