Simon Thorhallsson's chess openings
FM🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 22031,100 games
Simon Thorhallsson, FIDE Master from Iceland, has 1,100 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simon Thorhallsson most often opens with 1.d4 (41% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White553 games · +242 =53 −258 · 49%
As Black547 games · +237 =61 −249 · 49%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening41%227 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening38%208 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%73 games · scores 47% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense46%113 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense17%43 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense12%29 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense55%103 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game28%52 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense9%17 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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