Timo Paakkonen's chess openings
FM🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2244271 games
Timo Paakkonen, FIDE Master from Finland, has 271 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Timo Paakkonen most often opens with 1.e4 (82% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White141 games · +53 =50 −38 · 55%
As Black130 games · +25 =64 −41 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening82%116 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening6%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nxe4 Bf5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense66%49 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense15%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5
- 1...e6 French Defense8%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense73%29 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...Nc615%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 e5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6
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