Borge Waaktaar Svanholm's chess openings
🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 1885161 games
Borge Waaktaar Svanholm, from Norway, has 161 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Borge Waaktaar Svanholm most often opens with 1.c4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White79 games · +21 =26 −32 · 43%
As Black82 games · +17 =31 −34 · 40%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening95%75 games · scores 43% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense69%24 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense29%10 games · scores 80% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense97%34 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bf4 Bf5
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