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Sauli Keskinen's chess openings

FM🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2324227 games

Sauli Keskinen, FIDE Master from Finland, has 227 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sauli Keskinen most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.

As White123 games · +62 =22 −39 · 59%
As Black104 games · +32 =19 −53 · 40%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%
    104 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%
    7 games · scores 86% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
  3. 1.f4 Bird's Opening5%
    6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.d3 d5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense59%
    36 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense13%
    8 games · scores 81% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
  3. 1...d6 Pirc Defense11%
    7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...f5 Dutch Defense77%
    17 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense14%
    3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
  3. 1...d69%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.e4 Bg7

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