Olavur Simonsen's chess openings
🇫🇴 Faroe IslandsFIDE 2220154 games
Olavur Simonsen, from Faroe Islands, has 154 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Olavur Simonsen most often opens with 1.e4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White76 games · +31 =21 −24 · 55%
As Black78 games · +18 =22 −38 · 37%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening97%74 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game65%24 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense32%12 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense52%13 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4
- 1...d5 Closed Game40%10 games · scores 15% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense8%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
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