Tuomas Nivala's chess openings
🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2210255 games
Tuomas Nivala, from Finland, has 255 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Tuomas Nivala most often opens with 1.e4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White124 games · +44 =47 −33 · 54%
As Black131 games · +33 =57 −41 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening56%69 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%14 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense30%18 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense22%13 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense12%7 games · scores 79% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense53%17 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game28%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
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