Karl Egill Steingrimsson's chess openings
🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 174454 games
Karl Egill Steingrimsson, from Iceland, has 54 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karl Egill Steingrimsson most often opens with 1.Nf3 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White27 games · +5 =8 −14 · 33%
As Black27 games · +8 =5 −14 · 39%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening59%16 games · scores 44% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bf5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening22%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening19%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense38%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense38%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...e6 French Defense15%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Be7
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
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