Throstur Thorhallsson's chess openings
GM🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 23871,342 games
Throstur Thorhallsson, Grandmaster from Iceland, has 1,342 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Throstur Thorhallsson most often opens with 1.e4 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White688 games · +304 =268 −116 · 64%
As Black654 games · +241 =230 −183 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening91%627 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening8%56 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening0%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense62%205 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense20%67 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense16%54 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game71%134 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%48 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5
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