Vesa Pekka Heinola's chess openings
CM🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2168133 games
Vesa Pekka Heinola, Candidate Master from Finland, has 133 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vesa Pekka Heinola most often opens with 1.d4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White63 games · +21 =18 −24 · 48%
As Black70 games · +17 =31 −22 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening87%55 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening5%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense90%36 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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