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Lauri Makela's chess openings

🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 209949 games

Lauri Makela, from Finland, has 49 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lauri Makela most often opens with 1.d4 (46% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White24 games · +6 =15 −3 · 56%
As Black25 games · +3 =19 −3 · 50%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening46%
    11 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5
  2. 1.c4 English Opening42%
    10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 e6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game100%
    5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6

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