Ilmari Niemela's chess openings
102 games
Ilmari Niemela has 102 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilmari Niemela most often opens with 1.d4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White59 games · +19 =16 −24 · 46%
As Black43 games · +6 =15 −22 · 31%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening98%58 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game100%18 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game87%13 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense13%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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