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Ilkka Melanko's chess openings

🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 195732 games

Ilkka Melanko, from Finland, has 32 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilkka Melanko most often opens with 1.e4 (100% 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 White17 games · +8 =4 −5 · 59%
As Black15 games · +2 =3 −10 · 23%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    17 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense75%
    9 games · scores 11% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
  2. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense25%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5

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