Mikko Alava's chess openings
FM🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2191131 games
Mikko Alava, FIDE Master from Finland, has 131 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mikko Alava most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White77 games · +25 =27 −25 · 50%
As Black54 games · +15 =23 −16 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%77 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game97%30 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense93%14 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e4 d5
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