Eric Vaarala's chess openings
🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 2299220 games
Eric Vaarala, from Sweden, has 220 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Eric Vaarala most often opens with 1.e4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White115 games · +44 =34 −37 · 53%
As Black105 games · +29 =26 −50 · 40%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening40%46 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening27%31 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening23%27 games · scores 57% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense64%30 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense32%15 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game4%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense51%19 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game43%16 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense5%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 e5
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