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Pall A Thorarinsson's chess openings

FM🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 2172260 games

Pall A Thorarinsson, FIDE Master from Iceland, has 260 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pall A Thorarinsson most often opens with 1.d4 (43% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White124 games · +39 =36 −49 · 46%
As Black136 games · +27 =52 −57 · 39%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening43%
    52 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening30%
    36 games · scores 46% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  3. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening17%
    20 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...d6 Pirc Defense59%
    44 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense14%
    10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
  3. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense14%
    10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense55%
    24 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game16%
    7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c6
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense11%
    5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 f5

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