Bjorn Thorfinnsson's chess openings
IM🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 23501,191 games
Bjorn Thorfinnsson, International Master from Iceland, has 1,191 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bjorn Thorfinnsson most often opens with 1.d4 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White584 games · +298 =121 −165 · 61%
As Black607 games · +239 =137 −231 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening79%461 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening11%63 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%27 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game96%288 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense1%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense51%87 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game44%75 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense4%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6
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