Arnar Thorsteinsson's chess openings
CM🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 2192110 games
Arnar Thorsteinsson, Candidate Master from Iceland, has 110 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Arnar Thorsteinsson most often opens with 1.e4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White51 games · +17 =22 −12 · 55%
As Black59 games · +15 =20 −24 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening94%48 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e5 3.d3 Bb4+
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%23 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game85%23 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense11%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.h4 c5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5
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