Karl Thorsteins's chess openings
IM🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 2407416 games
Karl Thorsteins, International Master from Iceland, has 416 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karl Thorsteins most often opens with 1.d4 (73% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White207 games · +94 =79 −34 · 64%
As Black209 games · +61 =74 −74 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening73%151 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening12%25 games · scores 62% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening12%24 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense53%52 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense10%10 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense61%43 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%18 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense14%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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