Ari Issakainen's chess openings
Peak rating 2284283 games
Ari Issakainen has 283 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ari Issakainen most often opens with 1.d4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White149 games · +66 =29 −54 · 54%
As Black134 games · +40 =34 −60 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%134 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening6%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%67 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game63%25 games · scores 18% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense23%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense5%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
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