Sami Hamalainen's chess openings
🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2105293 games
Sami Hamalainen, from Finland, has 293 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sami Hamalainen most often opens with 1.e4 (89% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White160 games · +59 =58 −43 · 55%
As Black133 games · +43 =33 −57 · 45%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening89%142 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%14 games · scores 39% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense45%35 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game36%28 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense6%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%27 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense17%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
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