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Riku Haataja's chess openings

🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 210335 games

Riku Haataja, from Finland, has 35 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Riku Haataja most often opens with 1.d4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White17 games · +4 =6 −7 · 41%
As Black18 games · +5 =8 −5 · 50%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening59%
    10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening29%
    5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
  3. 1.f4 Bird's Opening6%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.f4 Nc6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%
    5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense40%
    4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game60%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.cxd5 exd5
  2. 1...f5 Dutch Defense20%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c6

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