Kelvin Finke's chess openings
CM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 209834 games
Kelvin Finke, Candidate Master from Australia, has 34 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kelvin Finke most often opens with 1.d4 (89% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White18 games · +7 =3 −8 · 47%
As Black16 games · +4 =3 −9 · 34%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening89%16 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening11%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense50%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense33%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
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