Ismo Kesanen's chess openings
🇫🇮 Finland52 games
Ismo Kesanen, from Finland, has 52 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ismo Kesanen most often opens with 1.e4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White29 games · +8 =7 −14 · 40%
As Black23 games · +4 =0 −19 · 17%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening69%20 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening24%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.f4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack7%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense71%10 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense14%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 Ne4
- 1...b6 English Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 b6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6
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