Kari Nieminen's chess openings
🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2043240 games
Kari Nieminen, from Finland, has 240 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kari Nieminen most often opens with 1.e4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White116 games · +33 =53 −30 · 51%
As Black124 games · +22 =49 −53 · 38%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening97%113 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening3%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense97%63 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%35 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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