Esa Lipsanen's chess openings
🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 224044 games
Esa Lipsanen, from Finland, has 44 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Esa Lipsanen most often opens with 1.d4 (73% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White15 games · +10 =3 −2 · 77%
As Black29 games · +6 =18 −5 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening73%11 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening27%4 games · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense88%15 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense12%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c5
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