Hannes Stefansson's chess openings
GM🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 24072,893 games
Hannes Stefansson, Grandmaster from Iceland, has 2,893 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Hannes Stefansson most often opens with 1.e4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,469 games · +732 =471 −266 · 66%
As Black1,424 games · +549 =535 −340 · 57%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening60%880 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening30%446 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening6%86 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense48%316 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game40%265 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense7%48 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%436 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%65 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c5
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