Vidar Taksrud's chess openings
🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 1852400 games
Vidar Taksrud, from Norway, has 400 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vidar Taksrud most often opens with 1.d4 (45% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White180 games · +71 =28 −81 · 47%
As Black220 games · +78 =38 −104 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening45%81 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening21%38 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening18%32 games · scores 41% · main line 1.Nc3 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense33%39 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%24 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense12%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense77%46 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game23%14 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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