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Ben Samuel Groth Skaar's chess openings

🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 2158146 games

Ben Samuel Groth Skaar, from Norway, has 146 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ben Samuel Groth Skaar most often opens with 1.e4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White70 games · +19 =34 −17 · 51%
As Black76 games · +19 =22 −35 · 39%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening80%
    56 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening9%
    6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
  3. 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening6%
    4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nc3 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense87%
    34 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game13%
    5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game67%
    16 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%
    6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c6 3.e3 Qb6
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6

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